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Stephen Carradini
Sometimes it’s hard to pin down what’s so great about an album.

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Stephen Carradini
There’s one less witty folk-pop group in the world, and one more synth-driven pop band.

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Stephen Carradini
Piano-based singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen, so it’s always a shock when one immediately jumps out from the first seconds of a track.

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Stephen Carradini
Luke Rathborne’s next five days look like this: opening for tastemakers Noah and the Whale in West Hollywood, playing the Paste SXSW showcase and opening for The Strokes in Austin on the same day, playing the Filter Showcase at SXSW, then hopping on up to his stomping grounds of NYC to play Bowery Ballroom with Noah again.

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Stephen Carradini
It’s Friday, and your girlfriend is having a girls’ night.

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Rod Lott
I’m not sure I’d call Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album the “masterpiece” as it packaging proclaims, since a couple of its tracks have never clicked with me, but it’s as damn close as pop music gets.

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Stephen Carradini
Adele doesn’t really need my help, but I’ll say it anyway: “21” shows her blossoming into a diva that could be a force for a long, long time.

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Eric Webb

With a title like “The First Album Was Better,” Henry Dillard, Texas-based singer/songwriter/guitarist and sole member of acoustic rock act Without a Face, dares listeners to make the comparison to his 2009 debut, “Worst Debut Album Ever.”

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