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The National don't do anything radically different on Boxer, but then again, they don't really need to: their literate, quietly anthemic take on ... More

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The National have worn a lot of hats since their 2001 debut, but they've never been able to shake the rural, book-smart, quiet violence of the ... More

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Stories Don't End, the third outing from breezy Los Angeles-based retro-rockers Dawes, takes its name from a line in author Joan Didion's 1984 ... More

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Breakup albums are the worst. Self-absorbed, bleating, and riddled with clichés, they provide catharsis for the artist while sucking the life out of ... More

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Uncle Tupelo pretty much established the subgenre of alt-country in 1990 with the release of No Depression, and the band's two main songwriters and ... More

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For five years, Grace Potter & Nocturnals have been hammering it out on stages large and small, playing 200 shows a year, and impressing audiences in ... More

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Don't take the title of John Mayer's Heavier Things literally. Mayer offers nothing heavy on the follow-up to his breakthrough hit, Room for Squares ... More

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In 1999, Wilco willingly abdicated their position as one of the leading acts in the alt-country movement to dive head-first into the challenging ... More

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Who says you can't make a great record in one day -- or night, as the case may be? The Trinity Session was recorded in one night using one microphone ... More

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It isn't surprising that Lucinda Williams' level of craft takes time to assemble, but the six-year wait between Sweet Old World and its 1998 follow ... More

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Not surprisingly, Wilco's debut album, A.M., isn't a great departure from Uncle Tupelo. Wilco's music rocks in a more conventional way than Uncle ... More

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Jeff Tweedy once blazed the trail for the American rock underground's embrace of its country and folk roots, but as the decade drew to a close he ... More

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Few bands can call themselves contemporaries of both the heartbreakingly earnest self-destruction of Whiskeytown and the alienating experimentation ... More

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Patty Griffin's raucous second album Flaming Red was a shocking departure from the critically noticed Living with Ghosts. It placed solid, searing ... More

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In his brief liner sketch on this album of Townes Van Zandt covers, songwriter Steve Earle writes: "I always read everything Townes told me to read. ... More

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Painting their own version of heartland rock & roll with broad, unhurried strokes, Dawes continue carrying the torch of L.A.'s country-rock community ... More

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Stars and Satellites, the sixth studio album from Duluth, Minnesota-based indie folk outfit Trampled by Turtles, is imbued with the kind of reserved ... More

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For his 13th solo album, Ashes & Fire, the prolific singer/songwriter Ryan Adams recruited legendary producer Glyn Johns, who helmed the Who classic ... More

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Young Oklahoma singer/songwriter John Fullbright's debut is everything you'd want an Americana troubadour's first outing to be -- striking, fresh, ... More

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The covers album is a strange beast. Collections of songs by bands who were key influences or wayward distractions for the band doing the covers, ... More

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Adventus is the Departed's sophomore album and their first to feature all original material. A mainstay on the "red dirt" scene, the band features ... More

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The Little Willies took six years to deliver a second album, but For the Good Times sounds like it could have been cut the same afternoon as their ... More

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It's strange to think that at 30 years old, Ben Kweller has spent over half of his life professionally crafting pop songs, and while it's rare for ... More

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From her early studio days as a fiddle-playing sweet-voiced singer working with country-folk veteran Chip Taylor, Carrie Rodriguez has grown and ... More

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