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SNOW The Greatest Hits of SNOW (East/West) After MA$E and a couple of 40s... this sounds really good. 10/10 (SC) Isotope 217° The Unstable Molecule (Thrill Jockey) Three Tortoises & Friends make their jazzpirations fly. High. 8 (CY) Kelly Joe Phelps Roll Away the Stone (Ryco/Rykodisc) Slide guitar that'll leave you slack-jawed. Even if you're a blues purist. 8 (JC) Richard Thompson Small Town Romance (Hannibal/Rykodisc) Folk music that is 100% squirm and wince-free. 7.5 (JC) Imani Coppola Chupacabra (Columbia) Chupacabra: a demon who sucks the blood from goats. Coppola: a demoiselle who sucks the blood from hip hop. 5 (CY) Joseph Arthur Big City Secrets (Real World) The world is divided into those who think "Peter Gabriel's protegé" is a recommendation or not. 5 (CY) Miasma 2 Clear and Cold at Higher Elevations (Moabit) Imagine your mom liked Portishead so much, she decided to do an album herself. 5 (RB) Charlie Chesterman Dynamic Music Machine (Slow River/Rykodisc) As fun as chewing tin foil. 3.5 (JC)
Deftones Around the Fur (Maverick/WEA) The angst of the beefy Cali white boy. Made me wish I was deaf. 3 (RB)
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