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Faced with the rich sonic twister of music ever churning around us, our writers strap on headphones and hunker down with these tunes and their words to lead everyone to the bottom of what sounds good right now.
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Swervedriver
99th Dream (Zero Hour). Review by Keith Mercer
Braid
Frame and Canvas (Polyvinyl). Review by Andrew Chadwick
Georgia Ragsdale
Always Forward, Never Straight (Rising Star). Review by Phil Bailey
In Cold Blood
Hell on Earth (Victory). Review by David A Clark
Clutch
The Elephant Riders (Atlantic). Review by S.D. Fitzpatrick
Gus Van Sant
18 Songs About Golf (Pop Secret). Review by Anton Wagner
Trans Am
The Surveillance (Thrill Jockey). Review by Chad Bidwell
Peter Case
Full Service No Waiting (Vanguard). Review by Ed Loera
Experimental Audio Research
Millenium Music: A Meta-Musical Portrait (Atavistic). Review by Clement Paluka
Steve Stoll
The Blunted Boy Wonder (Novamute). Review by Richard T. Thurston
Human Drama
Fourteen Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Four Days Later (Triple X). Review by David Lee Beowülf
Azalia Snail
Breaker Mortar (Dark Beloved Cloud). Review by Phil Bailey
Emma Townsend
Winterland (EastWest). Review by Phil Bailey
Atom and His Package
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Mekons
Me (Quarterstick). Review by Ian Koss
King Sound Quartet
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June of 44
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Tribe 8
Role Models for Amerika (Alternative Tentacles). Review by Phil Bailey
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