eMusic Archives: March 2011
Sonny & The Sunsets, Hit …
"Girls, don't despair, 'cause soon, I'll be there,"… more »
Pharoahe Monch, W.A.R. (We Are…
More than Mos Def, Talib Kweli or Sadat X, Pharoahe Monch remains the mos… more »
fred ho, Ho: Deadly She-Wolf A…
Musical theater, martial arts, comic books mythos, free jazz, klezmer, an… more »
Berit Johansen Tange, Langgaar…
Danish composer Rued Langgaard's dreamily pastoral piano works have a… more »
Kambar Kalendarov, Jaw…
Held in the palm of one's hand, with a metal or wood "tongue… more »
Now Ensemble, Awake
The standard knock on the New Amsterdam crew is that their music tends to… more »
The Chiara String Quartet, Qua…
The Chiara String Quartet team up with noise pranksters Matmos to alterna… more »
Mia Doi Todd, Cosmic Ocean Shi…
Mia Doi Todd's Cosmic Ocean Ship is perfect for a warm, relaxing summ… more »
Bobby Blue Bland: The Singer…
Until his health gave out on him, Bobby Blue Bland was the singer's singe… more »
Jukebox Jury: Edwyn Collins
On Feb. 20, 2005, after two days of intermittent headaches and nausea, Ed… more »
Jason Seed Stringtet, The Esca…
Contemplative, richly textured and rhythmically fluid, the Jason Seed Str… more »
Russ Lossing, As It Grows…
Along with Craig Taborn, Vijay Iyer, Kris Davis, Russ Lossing represents … more »
BellX1, Bloodless Coup…
On their fifth LP, Ireland's Bell X1 make rock music that can be as b… more »
Britney Spears, Femme Fatale…
In a year when divas like Gaga, Katy and Rihanna continued to dominate th… more »
Peter Morén of Peter Bj…
Peter Bjorn and John may be indie rock's canniest chameleons. Over a half… more »
Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So…
Since his 1986 blockbuster Graceland, Paul Simon has been writing songs t… more »
Jeff “Tain” Watts,…
Drummer "Tain" Watts turned 50, got married and became a father… more »
Alison Krauss & Union Sta…
If Alison Krauss only sang, she would be one of the great alt country/fol… more »
Dirty Beaches, Badlands…
As suggested by the smoke-engulfed, gel-slicked Johnny Cash character on … more »
TV On The Radio, Nine Types of…
Following 2008's Dear Science, TV on the Radio took a year off. When … more »
XTC, Nonsuch
As announced upfront by the MLK/JFK/Jesus-alluding modern rock radio hit … more »
XTC, Oranges & Lemons…
A rare logical occurrence for a band too clever to regularly achieve them… more »
The Dukes of Stratosphear, Chi…
Released pseudonymously by the Dukes of Stratosphear on April Fool's Day … more »
XTC, The Big Express
Whereas XTC's Mummer sounds better than in did in 1983 because its rural … more »