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ListenZ by My Morning Jacket

MMJ expands, both sonically and texturally.
A fecund, spacious haze seems to follow My Morning Jack...

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In Loving Memory Of…
ListenIn Loving Memory Of… by Let's Wrestle

Do these kids know their target audience or what?
The only bad thing about Let's Wrestle is that th...

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Colin Meloy Sings Live!
ListenColin Meloy Sings Live! by Colin Meloy

The sheen is dead: Decemberists frontman strips songs to the basics.
Until this album, I hadn’t dec...

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A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar Mule Variations The Pleasure Principle Doolittle

Alt-Punk Essentials by Ann Powers

To be punk is to refuse to conform to even rock's rules, to be the extreme of the extreme. "Alternative," on the other hand, is the word that turns the extreme into something widely palatable. A safety pin through the lip is punk; a clip-on nose ring is alternative. Within the distance between the two has grown the sound and sensibility of a rock & roll generation.

The albums listed below reflect the beautiful divide between the full-on punk and the merely alternative. Some lean more toward the indie side, cacophono...
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I Often Dream of Trains

Y Robyn Hitchcock Matters by Douglas Wolk

I don't know if the Y in Robyn Hitchcock's name was there on his birth certificate, but I can't imagine it spelled "Robin." That Y is the same slightly odd Y that's present in the Byrds, in Syd Barrett and in Bob Dylan — arguably the three biggest historical presences behind his music. He's got an enormous, three-decade-long discography, but the early solo albums that have just come to eMusic include some of the sweetest and oddest psychedelia of the post-punk era.

Before Hitchcock went solo, though, he was...
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Top Alternative/Punk Tracks

  Listen Track Name Length Download
1. Listen Sentimental Heart
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
2:36 Download
2. Listen Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
2:30 Download
3. Listen You Really Got a Hold on Me
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
3:59 Download
4. Listen Change Is Hard
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
3:03 Download
5. Listen I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
2:50 Download
6. Listen I Was Made for You
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
2:30 Download
7. Listen This Is Not a Test
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
3:30 Download
8. Listen I Should Have Known Better
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
3:38 Download
9. Listen Sweet Darlin'
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
2:40 Download
10. Listen Black Hole
Artist:
She & Him
Album:
Volume One
2:12 Download
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