Feature: Overlooked Alternatives
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Overlooked Alternatives: Trey Anastasio, Dave Douglas, Manic Street Preachers, Slayer— It's the end of Overlooked Alternatives as we know it (and I feel fine.)
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Overlooked Alternatives: Grant Lee Buffalo, Suzanne Vega— This is what it is to be a music addict. Gotta have my fix, man.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Crowded House, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins— New Neil Finn material, deluxe Foo Fighters, and a maddening slew of Pumpkins bonus tracks.
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Overlooked Alternatives: John Coltrane— An easily overlookable Coltrane re-issue - and I hope to change your mind about that.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Ryan Adams, Pearl Jam, the Trio of Doom— Just another week of stuff to add to the pile of good 2007 releases.
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Overlooked Alternatives: matt pond PA, Tomahawk— You may not play these two bands at the same time for fear of warping the space-time continuum.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Queens of the Stone Age, the Traveling Wilburys— Collectors beware - "bonus tracks" and limited editions are in this week.
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Overlooked Alternatives: the Afghan Whigs, the Jesus Lizard, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, the Police, Shellac, Tesla— This is one busy week.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Battles, Killing Joke— One of these releases just might show up on year-end lists.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Genesis, Guided By Voices, Manic Street Preachers, Rufus Wainwright, Wilco— Huge week here. Tough choices to make.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Rush, Mike Keneally— It's Christmas in May for Rush fans.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Bill Callahan, ELP, Marillion, Robert Pollard, Porcupine Tree— I have learned my lesson: don't wait to order the special edition.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Nine Inch Nails, Michael Penn, Robert Pollard/Guided By Voices, David Torn— We deal with tragedies by getting back to normal life, and normal life with me is music.
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Overlooked Alternatives: EST, Killing Joke, Billy Martin & John Medeski— The Easter bunny's dropped by to squeeze out a few special little colorful eggs for your baskets.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Black Sabbath, Motian/Lovano/Frisell, Corinne Bailey Rae— It's a weird combination, I know.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Grant-Lee Phillips, Gang Font feat. Interloper, Turtle Island String Quintet— Who is Interloper?
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Overlooked Alternatives: Andrew Bird, Low— Go ahead, ignore these two. I dare you. I triple dog dare you.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Metheny/Mehldau, Alex Skolnick Trio— A second meeting of the minds from two modern jazz legends and a jazz album from a metal master.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Blackfield, Gruff Rhys, Son Volt— This week's theme: moonlighting.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Explosions In The Sky, Jesu, Viktor Krauss— Celebrate Fat Tuesday with some wildly disparate releases.
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Overlooked Alternatives: 2006 Spotlight, Part 4: The Best of the Rest— Part 4 sneaks in ahead of Part 3, but don't let that scare you off.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Iron Maiden, Pain Of Salvation, "Me"— The day my lost masterpiece is finally released again.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Exploding Star Orchestra, Sonny Rollins, The Shins— Stars and eels and sax gods and a band that will change your life.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Crowded House, Ron Sexsmith— Crowded House finally issues their final concert and a straggler from last week.
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Overlooked Alternatives: 2006 Spotlight Part 2 - Jazz— The gems that jazz uncovered for me in 2006.
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Overlooked Alternatives: 2006 Spotlight Part 1 - The Rest of the Best— No numbers, no ranking, just the best of the best that rock had to offer in 2006.
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Overlooked Alternatives: The Beatles, Sufjan Stevens, John Wesley Harding, Tom Waits— The last of the good stuff for 2006.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, Damien Rice— Knopfler & Harris and McCartney document their tours while Rice finally releases another album.
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Overlooked Alternatives: the Evens, Foo Fighters, Frank Zappa— My new home, plus we Get Even with the Foos while Zappa remains in a Trance.
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Overlooked Alternatives: The Who, Isis, Willie Nelson, Joe Satriani— What's new for Halloween 2006?
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Overlooked Alternatives: Def Leppard, Elvis Costello, Flaming Lips, Aimee Mann, Jeff Tweedy, Marc Woodworth— 'Tis the season for deluxe editions.
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Overlooked Alternatives: the Tragically Hip, Manic Street Preachers, Primus— A couple of frustrating imports and a cheesy Primus best-of.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Neko Case, Isis & Aereogramme, Damien Jurado, Robert Pollard, Porcupine Tree— Robert Pollard has found even more music to release. Oh yeah, and some other stuff is out, too.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Trey Anastasio, the Decemberists, Pernice Brothers— The Decemberists return with a masterpiece while Trey Anastasio makes amends with a return to form and Pernice Brothers mature.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Nels Cline, Depeche Mode, Isis, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, Sparklehorse, Paul Westerberg— Casting the net wide once again to catch a variety of weird stuff out this week.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Dave Douglas, The Devil And Daniel Johnston, Andy Partridge, Red Sparowes— All over the map this week - jazz, a DVD, subversive pop, and post-rock/metal.
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Overlooked Alternatives: The Black Keys, Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian, Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau, REM, TV On The Radio, Yo La Tengo— Sept. 12 new releases - holy crap, the day that destroyed your music budget!
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Overlooked Alternatives: Iron Maiden— New release for September 5, 2006 - Iron Maiden's back!
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Overlooked Alternatives: Bob Dylan, Ty Tabor, Pete Yorn, Pete Townshend— New releases for August 29, 2006.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Lambchop, Ratatat, Tortoise— New releases for August 22, 2006
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Overlooked Alternatives August 8, 2006: Kaki King, Porcupine Tree, Slayer— New releases for August 8, 2006
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Overlooked Alternatives: King Crimson (DGM and DGMLive)— A primer on the world of King Crimson's Collector's Club releases and the new DGMLive.com official bootleg site.
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Overlooked Alternatives: Tom Petty, Michael Brook, Voivod, Paul Weller, and James Dean Bradfield— New Releases for July 25, 2006
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Overlooked Alternatives: New Releases for July 18, 2006— New releases from Bruce Cockburn, Golden Smog, Helmet, XTC, and a straggler from last week, The Format.
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Overlooked Alternatives: New Releases for July 11, 2006— New stuff from Thom Yorke, Muse, Sufjan Stevens, Kaada, and of course Pink Floyd's Pulse DVD.
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Overlooked Alternatives: The Best of 2006 - So Far
— My rules are simple: no live albums, no compilations.
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Overlooked Alternatives: New Releases for June 27, 2006— New releases from Mike Keneally, Brad Mehldau, Grant-Lee Phillips, and Richard Thompson.
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Overlooked Alternatives: New Releases for June 20, 2006— Releases from Queensryche, Bruce Dickinson, Pearl Jam, Counting Crows, and Front Line Assembly.
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Overlooked Alternatives: New Releases for June 13, 2006— Releases from Rush, the Futureheads, the Replacements, and Matthew Sweet.
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Overlooked Alternatives: New Releases for June 6, 2006— It's back! Celebrate with a spotlight on new releases from: Cheap Trick, Robert Fripp, Elvis Costello, and Allen Toussaint.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for August 9, 2005— New jazz this week: Bill Frisell with a much-needed new live album and Pat Metheny's anniversary edition of Song X.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for August 2, 2005— King's X's Doug Pinnick, Michael Penn, Pelican, John Zorn, Rashanim, Killing Joke, and Beulah.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for July 26, 2005— Bob Mould, Garage a Trois, Brad/Satchel, and a DVD by Death Cab for Cutie
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Overlooked Alternative: new release for July 5, 2005— Sufjan Stevens returns with his second state album. Yep, that's really it this week.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for June 28, 2005— New release from Longwave, essential reissues from Can and Brian Eno, and a second Megadeth best-of.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for June 21, 2005— New ones from Schoolyard Heroes and Engineers; reissues from Porcupine Tree and Bruce Dickinson.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for June 14, 2005— New releases: Brian Eno, Pernice Brothers, Daniel Lanois, Ry Cooder, Paul McCartney; reissues/etc: Steward Copeland, Miles Davis
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for June 7, 2005— New releases from Dream Theater, Danny Cohen, Secret Machines; reissues from DJ Shadow, Sepultura, Fear Factory
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for May 31, 2005— New albums from Better than Ezra, Four Tet, and Meshuggah and a bunch of remixes from Bjork.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for May 24, 2005— New stuff by Dave Brubeck, Robert Cray, Bruce Dickinson, Gorillaz; best-ofs from At the Drive-In, Son Volt, Screaming Trees
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for May 17, 2005— New this week: Mercury Rev, the Flaming Lips, Peter Gabriel, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for May 10, 2005— Spoon, Robert Plant, Marillion, and a word of warning about Einsturzende Neubauten's Halber Mensch DVD.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for May 3, 2005— Aimee Mann and Mike Doughty go head to head (to head, I suppose) with Trent Reznor's new Nine Inch Nails album. Support small artists!
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases for April 26, 2005— New this week: Porcupine Tree, Ben Folds, Eels, DJ Spooky vs. Dave Lombardo, and Elvis Costello.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases April 19, 2005— Autechre releases some new noise and Elvis Costello's first live DVD highlight this week.
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Overlooked Alternatives: new releases April 12, 2005— What's new this week? Super Furry Animals reissues, Martha Wainwright, Christopher O'Riley, and The National deserve your money this week.
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Overlooked alternatives: new releases for April 5, 2005— Some notable releases for the week from artists who don't have a huge marketing budget.
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