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Ashley Melzer

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Akron/Family, Sub Verses…

A cabin on the side of an active volcano is a captivating image. There, p… more »

The Como Mamas, Get an Unders…

Ester Mae Smith and sisters Angela Taylor and Della Daniels have been sin… more »

Phosphorescent, Muchacho…

Cribbing a line from the Man in Black, Phosphorescent’s Matthew Hou… more »

Thao and the Get Down Stay Do…

After spending most of her 20s touring like mad and cranking out ragged, … more »

Wanda Jackson, Unfinished Bus…

In 2011, Wanda Jackson had a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 29 … more »

The Antlers, Undersea…

Few records have expressly meditated on the searing pain of loving the dy… more »

Interview: Kelly Hogan

It’s no surprise that Kelly Hogan has made a few friends through th… more »

Scissor Sisters, Magic Hour…

After spending three records exploring the expanses of disco and pop, the… more »

Norah Jones, Little Broken He…

Norah Jones has always had a certain cool maturity. She’s spent the… more »

La Sera, Sees The Light…

Typical breakup records run the gamut of soul-crushingly sad to fuming. A… more »

Jukebox Jury: Bowerbirds

In 2005, Bowerbirds – Phil Moore and Beth Tacular – wrote the… more »

Royal Baths, Better Luck Next…

There’s the bend of slack-keyed guitar, a rumbling bass line, a ste… more »

Buxton, Nothing Here Seems St…

With Nothing Here Seems Strange, Buxton joins the ranks of folk/rock outf… more »

Ingrid Michaelson, Human Agai…

Shuffle through the back catalog of Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Ingr… more »

Yelawolf, Radioactive…

Take a moment to acknowledge the obvious: A relative newcomer and slim, w… more »

Laura Veirs, Tumble Bee…

For seven albums now, Laura Veirs has played the role of ethereal folk-ni… more »

Scissor Sisters, Magic Hour (…

After spending three records exploring the expanses of disco and pop, the… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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