| Laarks
Absolutely Kosher music
An Exaltation Of Laarks CD (2009)
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| South San Gabriel
Absolutely Kosher Records
Carlton Chronicles: Not Until The Operation's Through CD (2005)
$13.85 
Will Johnson, "Maestro of Melancholy," has done it again, writing and arranging an exquisite foray into wistfulness so sublime you can't help but feel elation mingled with the sadness. For those confused by Johnson's prolificacy (a dozen releases in nine
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| Great Lake Swimmers
Absolutely Kosher music
Great Lake Swimmers CD (2005)
$12.15
With hollow hiss and insect chirping in the opening moments, Great Lake Swimmers offer up a haunting invitation to curious listeners on their self-titled first outing on Misra Records. The atmosphere that the band creates along with the production (or
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| Centromatic
Absolutely Kosher CDs
Fort Recovery CD (2006)
$13.15
Centro-Matic's Fort Recovery is what the magic hour -- that time just before the sun goes down when everything looks burnished and beautiful, but also a little sad -- would sound like if it were turned into music. Every song,
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| Centromatic
Absolutely Kosher Records
Love You Just The Same CD (2003)
$12.49
To call Centro-Matic's Will Johnson prolific would be a bit of an understatement. Not only has the Texas songwriter been able to produce songs at the drop of a hat, but he's been able to produce good pop songs at
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| Frog Eyes
Absolutely Kosher music
Tears Of The Valedictorian CD (2007)
$12.25
On 2007's TEARS OF THE VALEDICTORIAN, the Canadian indie-rock ensemble Frog Eyes offers up another set of willfully strange tunes. Frontman Carey Mercer often sounds like M.
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| Will Johnson
Absolutely Kosher CDs
Vultures Await CD (2004)
$13.15
As frontman for the hard-rocking melancholia of Centro-Matic and the minor-chord frailty of his South San Gabriel side project, Will Johnson cranks out music at an astonishing rate -- 11 full-lengths in just eight years. More importantly, Johnson consistently hits
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| Chris Garneau
Absolutely Kosher music
Music For Tourists CD (2007)
$11.99 
The novelty of the sensitive male alto wore off long ago; yes, the idea of the doe-eyed boy who sings of love in all its forms, when done well, can still certainly hold a great deal of appeal, but when
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| Bear In Heaven
Absolutely Kosher Records
Red Bloom Of The Boom CD (2007) Digipak
$12.95
Brooklyn's Bear in Heaven has all the hallmarks of the worst pretentious, overdramatic quasi-prog that cluttered the indie landscape in the late `00s, and none of the missteps. Yes, RED BLOOM OF THE BOOM is a song cycle of great
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| Wrens
Absolutely Kosher CDs
Meadowlands CD (2003)
$12.25
2003 album from the New Jersey combo is a record by a tremendously underrated band and a much welcome comeback. 13 tracks. Absolutely
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