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AllMusic Playlist: San Francisco '67
AllMusic editors share their favorite songs from and reminiscent of San Francisco in 1967, and they're calling on you to share your track picks!
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The Poplist with the Casket Girls
The Georgia trio's debut album is a sticky sweet slice of indie pop weirdness that's both haunting and enticing. Their list of influences is quite illuminating.
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AllMusic Streams It All: Jan - Jan
Kim Talon of Eagle and Talon expands her horizons as JAN, inspired by grunge, post-punk, riot grrrl and more. Check out her self-titled debut a week before its release!
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New Classical Reviews
AllMusic classical editors talk about the new releases they've been listening to over the past month.
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AllMusic Streams It All: Vinyl Williams - Lemniscate
Bliss out to experimental popster Vinyl Williams' blend of lush electronics and shoegazing reverb on Lemniscate.
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The Poplist with
The SwordTo celebrate their excellent new album Apocryphon, we asked the band's Kyle Shutt what he's been digging lately.
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featured new releases
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- André de Ridder / Dan …
- Recomposed by Max Richter:…
- Max Richter's recomposition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons is a fresh post-minimalist update on these extremely familiar concertos.
- Lee Perry & The Suffer …
- The Sound Doctor: Black…
- An incredible compilation of unearthed acetate recordings from the peak of eccentric reggae producer's prolific Black Ark studio years.
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- Machine Head
- Machine F**king Head Live!
- The band delivers riveting performances on its first live album in almost a decade.
- Olivia Newton-John /
- This Christmas
- Grease co-stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John reunite for the cheerful, campy This Christmas.
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- Matthew Halls / Retros …
- Bach: Harpsichord Concertos
- Matthew Halls and the Retrospect Ensemble deliver four of Bach's harpsichord concertos with excitement and polished period style.
- ALIAS Chamber Ensemble
- Boiling Point: Music of…
- Inspired by American vernacular music, Kenji Bunch's eclectic works are warmly interpreted by the ALIAS Chamber Ensemble.
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- Fabio Biondi / Ann Hal …
- Arias for Marietta Marcolini:…
- Hallenberg steps up here: her voice is not massive, but the agility is right for this music, and her vision of how the two arias from Rossini's L'italiana…
- Freiburger Barockorche …
- Mozart: La Finta Giardiniera
- Soprano Sophie Kärthauser really stretches out into her role's comic possibilities. She's a real actress, and combined with the variegated scoring in this…
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- Daniel-Ben Pienaar
- Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
- Beethoven's Diabelli Variations and his Six Bagatelles are played with volatility, exuberance, and dispatch by pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar.
- Kylie Minogue
- The Abbey Road Sessions
- 25 years' worth of pop hits stylishly reimagined for small band and orchestra, and recorded at Abbey Road studios.
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- The Who
- Live at Hull 1970
- Recorded the night following the concert that became the legendary Live at Leeds, this live recording is equally powerful but somewhat redundant.
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- Andy Stott
- Luxury Problems
- The third proper album from the brilliant experimental techno producer is relatively straightforward and more human than his 2011 releases.
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- Iamamiwhoami
- Iamamiwhoami [CD/DVD]
- The viral stars prove that there's more than just gimmickry to their music with their debut's evocative electronic pop.
- Dionne Warwick
- Now
- Released to mark her 50th anniversary as a recording artist, this set is heartwarming but hurt by slick production.
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- Mouse on Mars
- WOW
- This mini-album, which arrived shortly after the meticulous Parastrophics, showcases Mouse on Mars' mischievous, hyperactive side.
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- Public Enemy
- The Evil Empire of Everything
- On their second album of 2012, Public Enemy tackle problems of the present while drawing explicit musical ties to the past.
- Robbie Williams
- Take the Crown
- The ninth LP from the British warhorse finds Robbie doing what Robbie does best: writing and performing effortless pop music.
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- Teen Daze
- The Inner Mansions
- A song cycle examining love and spirituality, this is some of Teen Daze's most polished yet emotional music.
- The Casket Girls
- Sleepwalking
- Combining swirling lo-fi synth-y pop, sticky sweet vocals, and spookily unsettling words, the trio scares and soothes on their debut.
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- Mick Hucknall
- American Soul
- Mick Hucknall re-creates the sound and spirit of classic American soul on his second solo LP.
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- Mike Doughty
- The Flip Is Another Honey
- Singer/songwriter Mike Doughty takes a stab at some classics on his covers album, The Flip Is Another Honey.
- Prince Rama
- Top Ten Hits of the End…
- Prince Rama attempt to forge a post-futuristic retro-pop by channeling ten imaginary bands who allegedly died in the apocalypse.
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- Queen
- Hungarian Rhapsody: Live…
- The legendary Queen bring Western rock to the Eastern bloc with their live concert film, Hungarian Rhapsody.
- Duncan Sheik
- Covers 80s Remixed
- Duncan Sheik makes his '80s covers sound a bit more '80s on his full-length album remix.
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- Doug Stanhope
- Before Turning the Gun…
- The comedian remains gruff, crude, and morbid on this 2012 effort, but this is sharp standup, hilarious and dark.
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- Friendly Fires
- Late Night Tales: Friendly…
- The British indie pop trio picks its favorite late-night listening from '70s disco to more contemporary ambient electronic artists.
- All That Remains
- A War You Cannot Win
- The subgenre-hopping All That Remains blend melody and menace on their sixth album, A War You Cannot Win.
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- Emeralds
- Just to Feel Anything
- In their most accessible and polished release to date, this once-noisy trio incorporates drum machines and cinematic compositions into their synth-heavy sound.
- Alison Balsom / The En …
- Sound the Trumpet: Royal…
- The results in this well-worn British musical ground are nothing short of stunning. The variety of timbres that emerge from Balsom's instrument is impressive,…
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- Laibach
- An Introduction To...…
- This valuable introduction covers not just the industrial hits of the Slovenian collective, but their avant-garde side as well.
- Leila Josefowicz / Esa …
- Salonen: Out of Nowhere…
- Esa-Pekka Salonen presents his dazzling Violin Concerto with Leila Josefowicz as soloist, as well as his exciting tone poem, Nyx.
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- Various Artists
- Now That's What I Call…
- This one-volume distillation of a gigantic three-volume set with the same title spans from the pre-war Snow White to the post-millennial Cars.
- Britney Spears
- Playlist: The Very Best…
- A budget-line collection of Britney Spears' greatest hits, Playlists may improve on the bigger Singles comp.
recent releases
![Mudhoney: Live in Berlin 1988 [DVD]](http://web.archive.org/web/20121113193838im_/http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_170/MI0003/437/MI0003437667.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
![Anna Karenina [2012] [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]](http://web.archive.org/web/20121113193838im_/http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_170/MI0003/442/MI0003442710.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
staff picks
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A solid set of borrowed material and the combined talents of a stellar cast -- Hancock, Carter, Hubert Laws, Gary Bartz -- made Stoned Soul Picnic one of the best early sets from jazz music's classic groove merchant.
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Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra trumpeter Ryan Kisor's first album of all-original material is an evocative, angular post-bop work featuring the adventurous Hammond organ playing of Sam Yahel. The moody tension of the Bossa-funk title track is a particularly engaging listen.
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Joshua Eustis and the late Charlie Cooper incorporated elements of contemporary R&B; -- and didn't make a big deal about it -- years before it was considered a novel approach in indie electronic music. The duo's other two albums are very different, but this is their most emotive work.
![Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted [Music from the Motion Picture]](http://web.archive.org/web/20121113193838im_/http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_75/MI0003/353/MI0003353091.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
![Moonrise Kingdom [Original Soundtrack]](http://web.archive.org/web/20121113193838im_/http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_75/MI0003/344/MI0003344868.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
![The Beatles [White Album]](http://web.archive.org/web/20121113193838im_/http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_75/MI0002/910/MI0002910460.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
![The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift [Original Soundtrack]](http://web.archive.org/web/20121113193838im_/http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_75/MI0001/831/MI0001831132.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
