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Screaming Females

All at Once

Pop/Rock

Polished, ambitious effort from this New Jersey trio; more refined than their early efforts, but just as smart and individual.

- Mark Deming
CHAPPO

Do It

Pop/Rock

On the heels of personal loss, the band's John Vanderslice-produced third LP is more contemplative but still refreshingly outside the lines.

- Marcy Donelson
The Low Anthem

The Salt Doll Went to Measure the Depth of the Sea

Pop/Rock

Almost completely stripped of virtuosity, this poignant fifth LP was inspired by a tour-van accident and a fable about a doll made of salt.

- Marcy Donelson

Matthew Shipp

Sonic Fiction

Jazz

This date wonderfully evidences intuitive, strategic, and seductive sonic exploration by the pianist's most democratically run collective.

- Thom Jurek
Go-Kart Mozart

Mozart's Mini-Mart

Pop/Rock

Gloriously odd, and oddly emotional, record from Lawrence, one of the all-time great English eccentrics, and his crack band.

- Tim Sendra
Altered Images

The Epic Years

Pop/Rock

All three albums (plus bonus tracks) and a collection of extended mixes from the brightest and chirpiest pop band of the '80s, and possibly ever.

- Tim Sendra

Bert Jansch

A Man I'd Rather Be, Pt. 2

Folk, Pop/Rock

A handsomely packaged box of four of the guitarist's solo albums recorded during his tenure with Pentangle.

- Thom Jurek
The Skull Defekts

The Skull Defekts

Pop/Rock

The final chapter in a long and noisy run from this Swedish collective is also their most explosive and elaborately composed album.

- Fred Thomas
Totally Mild

Her

Pop/Rock

The Australian dream pop combo hit their stride on their sublime sophomore effort.

- Timothy Monger

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Lucinda Williams

1988

Alternative Country-Rock

1988's Lucinda Williams was her third album, but it was the first one to reveal the full depth of her gifts as a songwriter and vocalist, and the results were revelatory. The songs were artfully crafted but full of naked emotional honesty, Williams' vocals gave them the gravity they needed, and the band (led by guitarist and producer Gurf Morlix) was superb, sounding sweet and fiery. While many of the album's tunes would be covered to fine effect by other artists, no one has quite topped the versions on Lucinda Williams.

- Mark Deming

STRFKR

Miracle Mile

February 18, 2013

Alternative/Indie Rock

The entire band stole away to a remote seaside town to compose all of the 15 songs on this epic third album. Instead of bandleader Josh Hodges working as the primary songwriter as on prior LPs, every lyric, riff, and beat was created collectively, resulting in some of their most refined and focused songs.

- Fred Thomas

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