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Review: Clemencic Consort, Dunstable: Cathedral Sounds
A superlative introduction to an overlooked composer in a welcome reissue.
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CD Review: The Long Winters, Ultimatum
Autumnual and moving, a big impact from a short release.
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Book Review: Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
The spirit of Julia Child takes Julie’s agonizingly unfulfilling life and turns it into something wonderful through liver and marrow.
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CD Review: Nada Surf, The Weight is a Gift
An album that, while not on the same plane as the desperately yearning Let Go, has its own rewards.
A frustratingly even-tempered anti-war covers collection with a few transcendent moments.
Elvis Costello, Jazz Ballad Singer--a moving session with grande dame Marian McPartland showcases his romantic side.
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Daniel Lanois gets control
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Tsar: Band Girls Money
Tsar are kicking ass and taking names and making it safe to party and rock again. Alleluia.
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The Cure: Faith (Deluxe Edition)
Rhino's exemplary Cure reissue series continues with this bleakly perfect album by Robert Smith and company.
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Christopher O'Riley: Hold Me To This
The classical pianist’s second album of Radiohead transcriptions improves on the first (if not on the originals).
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