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Curt Kirkwood

SNOW | Little Dog
As frontman of the Meat Puppets back in the mid 1980s, Curt Kirkwood blew minds marrying hardcore punk rock to sunbaked country music.

By MIKAEL WOOD | January 14, 2006

Imogen Heap

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF | RCA
British chanteuse Imogen Heap wrote, recorded, and financed Speak for Yourself by herself, remortgaging her London flat to bankroll the project.

By SARAH TOMLINSON | January 13, 2006

Kristin Hoffman

REAL | Interscope
The 26-year-old Juilliard grad's first major-label release is pleasant pop that oozes confident training.

By LINDA LABAN | January 13, 2006

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan

RAMBLIN’ MAN | V2
Isobel Campbell got her start playing cello and singing in the Glasgow indie collective Belle and Sebastian.

By MATT ASHARE | January 11, 2006

CELEBRATION | 4AD
Like other East Coast indie-rock outfits such as Blonde Redhead and the Walkmen, Baltimore’s Celebration reflect their city’s tense energy with moody minor chords and complex rhythms that lurch and rattle like mass transit after midnight.

By MIKAEL WOOD | January 17, 2006

SA-RA CREATIVE PARTNERS

SECOND TIME AROUND | Sound In Color
A brief intro to the eternally fashion-forward bi-coastal production trio before these newest signees to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. imprint unleash their big splash later this year.

By JAMIN WARREN | January 17, 2006

GARY ALLAN

TOUGH ALL OVER | MCA NASHVILLE
Concept albums are rare in mainstream country music, and it’s rarer still to find Nashville product that favors darkness over light.

By WERNER TRIESCHMANN | January 17, 2006

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The Greencards

WEATHER AND WATER | Dualtone
For a band who boast of being both mostly acoustic and high energy, they do their best to live up to the hype on this, their sophomore disc.

By DAVID BOFFA | January 17, 2006

Galaxie 500

PEEL SESSIONS | 20/20/20
Byron Coley once suggested that this Boston trio’s career aspirations began so modestly that getting a single into the local bargain bins was Galaxie 500’s main long-term goal.

By RYAN FOLEY | January 17, 2006

Various artists

RAWKUS RECORDS — CLASSIC CUTS: BEST OF A DECADE 1 | Rawkus.
What happened to the label that made college kids feel good about hip-hop in an era when gangstas ruled the streets?

By JAMIN WARREN | January 04, 2006

John Lennon

WALLS AND BRIDGES | Capitol
John Lennon’s last solo album of new material before his fallow “househusband” years arrived near the end of his “lost weekend” period.

By Eliot Wilder | January 04, 2006

MARK LEMHOUSE

Lemhouse transitions from solo blues-based songwriter to eclectic Americana explorer with his second album, sandwiching country, blues, bluegrass, and rock and roll into his intensely rhythmic electric/acoustic combo arrangements.

By Ted Drozdowski | December 29, 2005

INXS

SWITCH | Epic
Along with more ephemeral acts like Jesus Jones and EMF, INXS inadvertently sowed the seeds for 2005’s dance-rock explosion years ago.

By MIKAEL WOOD | January 14, 2006

Pearl Jam feeling 'aggressive' on new album

NEW YORK (Billboard) - As it prepares for its maiden tour of South America, which begins November 22 in Santiago, Chile, Pearl Jam is still working on its first studio album since 2002's "Riot Act."
NEW YORK (Billboard) - As it prepares for its maiden tour of South America, which begins November 22 in Santiago, Chile, Pearl Jam is still working on its first studio album since 2002's "Riot Act."

By Jane Simpson | December 18, 2005

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