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January 01, 1990 - February 04, 2013 + Album Preview
Keren Ann: 101
www.kcrw.com/music/programs/ap/ap110315keren_ann_101
I first came across the recordings of Keren Ann by way of my fondness for the work of French producer/artist Benjamin Biolay, who oversaw her...
J Mascis: Several Shades of Why
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J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. fame has a new solo album, Several Shades of Why, coming out this month. The acclaimed indie-rock guitarist offers...
Exene Cervenka: The Excitement of Maybe
www.kcrw.com/music/programs/ap/ap110228exene_cervenka_the_e
Despite the fact that she didn’t move to Los Angeles until she was 20, there is something about Exene Cervenka that exemplifies the best LA...
Lucinda Williams: Blessed
www.kcrw.com/music/programs/ap/ap110221lucinda_williams_ble
Armed with as blistering a fever to tell as ever, Lucinda Williams has shown up just in time to make 2011 a little more interesting....
The Low Anthem: Smart Flesh
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Rhode Island-based folk-rockers The Low Anthem have made some large strides in just a few short years. A mere two and a half years...
DeVotchKa: 100 Lovers
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The new Devotchka album, 100 Lovers, opens with the same intensity and melancholy that tore my heart up when I first heard their early records....
Adele: 21
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Adele has a keen ability to cut close to the heart with the power and sincerity of her voice and lyric. It's actually the more...
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
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It can be argued that over the course of her 20+ year career PJ Harvey has yet to make a bad album. Each release...
The Boxer Rebellion: The Cold Still
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Here is what I love about The Boxer Rebellion. They make their music their way, without regard to fashion, formula or record label dictates....
Teddy Thompson: Bella
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I first became aware of Teddy Thompson while he was still a teenager. His father Richard was a frequent guest on Morning Becomes Eclectic in...
The Go! Team: Rolling Blackouts
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The Go! Team's main man Ian Parton has always shown a great deal of skill (and no doubt love) for folding Northern Soul obscurities into...
Gang of Four: Content
www.kcrw.com/music/programs/ap/ap110117gang_of_four_content
It's not like they didn't warn us. No, Gang of Four spelled it out very clearly on their debut album, 1979’s Entertainment, which direction...
The Decemberists: The King Is Dead
www.kcrw.com/music/programs/ap/ap110110the_decemberists_the
Theatrical. That is the word that will always leap immediately into my mind when someone brings up The Decemberists.
The Black Keys: Brothers
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Yes, yes, yes, we know… this isn’t really a “preview” since Brothers was released a number of months ago in the early part of 2010....
Sonos: December Songs
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In the Summer of 2006, longtime KCRW DJ Tom Schnabel attended a concert by UCLA's Awaken A Cappella. To Tom's surprise, the ensemble performed a...
