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Hot Snakes

Thunder Down Under | Swami
Hot Snakes were legendary BBC DJ John Peel’s final session, and the recording that came out a few months after Peel’s passing appeared for a time to be a swan song for the San Diego–based band as well.

By ZACH BARON | September 18, 2006

Body Count

Murder 4 Hire | Escapi
You could argue that rap metal reached its apex with Body Count’s homonymous 1992 debut and its controversial “Cop Killer.”

By TED DROZDOWSKI | September 18, 2006

Lambchop

Damaged | Merge
Lambchop are the band playing in the bar of Nashville’s nicest hotel as the world collapses around them. Lambchop, “Paperback Bible”

By MIKAEL WOOD | September 18, 2006

Yo La Tengo

I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass | Matador
As silly as the title sounds, it’s an accurate reflection of the we’re-not-afraid-to-take-on-anything attitude that’s propelled Yo La through the past dozen years. Yo La Tengo, “Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind”

By MATT ASHARE | September 18, 2006

Patricia Barber

Mythologies | Blue Note
Brainy, cool Chicago jazz pianist/singer/songwriter Barber won a Guggenheim Fellowship for this song cycle based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses — the first ever awarded to a songwriter.

By JON GARELICK | September 11, 2006

Roger Sanchez

Release Yourself, Vol. 5 | Stealth
Sanchez’s latest DJ mix spotlights his house-music talents.

By MICHAEL FREEDBERG | September 11, 2006

Junior Boys

This Is Goodbye | Domino
Two years after Last Exit seduced the pants off the indie electronic world, these two Canadian lotharios return with an offer that could be even more tantalizing.

By ADAM MOERDER | September 11, 2006

Kasabian

Empire | RCA
Last week the second CD by this English dance-rock act debuted atop the British albums chart, and Kasabian’s notoriously loudmouthed members weren’t exactly gracious about it. Kasabian,"Empire" (windows media) Kasabian, "Me Plus One" (windows media)

By MIKAEL WOOD | September 11, 2006

Nouvelle Vague

Bande À Part | Luaka Bop
If it’s possible to give a one-trick pony legs, then French producers Marc Collin and Olivier Libau have found the secret.

By MATT ASHARE | September 11, 2006

The Who

Wire & Glass: Six Songs From A Mini-Opera | Polydor UK
Pete Townshend’s obsession with the Internet — the best place to get this import-only EP — spills into the band again.

By TED DROZDOWSKI | September 11, 2006

Dark Globe

Nostalgia For The Future | Global Underground
With Amanda Ghost, Tom Verlaine, and Boy George leading the list of vocalists on Nostalgia for the Future , this British production team have made an album that fans of steamy, atmospheric, Europop won’t want to miss.

By MICHAEL FREEDBERG | September 05, 2006