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Odetta The Best of... (Vanguard/Fusion III) Vintage material from the woman with the voice like a cello. 9 (LD) Various Ruffhouse Records Greatest Hits (Ruffhouse/Columbia) You forgot about Kriss Kross, didn't you? They're here with other bomb tracks from Nas and Pace Won. 8.5 (SC) Medeski Martin & Wood Combustication Remix EP (Blue Note/EMI) MMW's K.O. NYC CD gets T.L.C. c/o VIPs like Laswell, Guru and Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda. 8.5 (RB) Rainmen Armageddon II (Radisson/Dep) Part two on the strength, featuring Sadlifah & Eerie with Passi, Stomy Bugsy, La Cliqua and Fonky Family. 8 (SC) The Backsliders Southern Lines (Attic/Mammoth) Perfect music for dusty jukeboxes in bars where daylight never comes a knockin'. 8 (JC) Laurel MacDonald Chroma (Wicklow/BMG) Folksy homegrown Canadian soft rock/ambient stuff. Surprisingly wholesome (Oh God, did I just write that?). 7 (LM) Yat-Kha Dalai Beldari (Wicklow/BMG) These rompin' stompin' Siberian cowboys got that Tuvan voice thing that makes Brad Roberts sound like Tiny Tim. 7 (RB) Burning Spear Living Dub Vol. 4 (Heartbeat) Lush, clean, modern reggae with only cosmetic dub tom-fuckery in earshot. I was hoping for better. 6.5 (RB) Diesel Boy Sofa King Cool (Honest Dons) Totally in-your-face pizza pocket punk. Rad? Not! 4 (JC)
See Spot Run Weightless (Loggerhead) More like "worthless." See Spot run and bury this piece of shit in the backyard. 2 (RB)
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