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Swing
Rockabilly
Blues
--------->Michael Powers Onyx Root posted 12/28/04
--------->David Jacobs-Strain Ocean or a Teardrop posted 12/28/04
--------->Eddie Turner Rise posted 7/5/05
--------->Paul Reddick Villanelle posted 12/28/04
--------->Buddy Miller Universal United House of Prayer posted 8/2/05
--------->Kelly Joe Phelps Roll Away the Stone posted 4/11/04
--------->Richie Havens Grace of the Sun posted 12/28/04
--------->Dan Treanor & Frankie Lee African Wind posted 12/28/04
Blues Rock
--------->WGN Radio's Life After Dark Various Artists posted 3/27/04
--------->Radiotones on Buzz Records Audio Sampler posted 12/13/03
--------->The DJC Collection Various Artists posted 1/3/04
--------->Cathy Richardson Band posted 3/12/04
--------->Janiva Magness Bury Him at the Crossroads posted 12/28/04
--------->John & the Sisters John & the Sisters posted 7/7/04
--------->Big Head Todd & the Monsters Crimes of Passion posted 6/11/04
--------->Blues Explosion Damage posted 12/29/04
--------->The Blue Van The Art of Rolling posted 7/5/05
Gospel
--------->Goodbye, Babylon Various Artists posted 4/7/04
--------->The Unbroken Circle:The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family Various Artists posted 10/12/04
--------->NorthernBlues Gospel Allstars Saved! posted 7/7/04
--------->Ladysmith Black Mambazo Raise Your Spirit Higher! posted 12/30/04
Rhythm & Blues
--------->Johnny Adams The Best of Johnny Adams posted 5/28/04
Hip Hop/Rap
--------->Jon Kennedy Take My Drum to England posted 2/7/04
--------->Naked Funk Evolution Ending posted 6/14/04
--------->Go! Team Thunder, Lightning, Strike posted 11/21/04
--------->Dim Apathi/No Apathy Various Artists posted 11/21/04
--------->Skep Ctrl-S posted 12/30/04
--------->K-OS Exit posted 3/16/04
--------->Psalm One Live Review, Milwaukee, WI, 5/12/05 (and Bio:Chemistry II: esters and essays) posted 5/19/05
--------->John Reuben Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/10/04
--------->KJ-52 Behind the Musik posted 7/5/05
--------->Circus vs. Andre Afram Asmar Gawd Bless the Faceless Cowards posted 10/31/04
--------->Pitman It Takes a Nation of Tossers posted 6/7/04
Soul
Funk Rock
--------->Tower of Power The Oakland Zone posted 12/30/04
--------->Particle Launchpad posted 12/30/04
--------->Best of Pulp Fusion Various Artists posted 12/17/03
Zydeco
Ska
Jazz influenced Rock
--------->Van Morrison Magic Time posted 6/10/05
--------->Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands posted 5/26/04
--------->Adam Green Gemstones posted 4/23/05
--------->Emiliana Torrini Fisherman’s Woman posted 4/23/05
--------->Rachel Zylstra 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/16/05
--------->Charlotte Martin On Your Shore posted 11/29/04
--------->Ed Harcourt From Every Sphere posted 1/3/05
--------->David Garza A Strange Mess of Flowers posted 1/3/05
--------->Sondre Lerche Two Way Monologue posted 1/3/05
--------->Hothouse Flowers Into Your Heart posted 1/3/05
--------->Hayward Williams Uphill/Downhill posted 7/5/05
--------->Matt Woods Live Concert (7/22) Review posted 8/2/05
--------->Lucid Fate April 17th Concert review posted 4/19/04
--------->Mando Saenz Watertown posted 5/27/05
--------->Todd Rundgren Liars posted 4/22/05
--------->Various Driving in the Rain 3AM posted 1/3/05
--------->Mute Math Reset EP posted 4/29/05
Irish, Scottish, English Folk
--------->Greentrax samplers posted 1/3/04 (in post about The DJC Collection)
--------->Richard Wood Fire Dance posted 6/23/04
--------->GiveWay Full Steam Ahead posted 6/23/04
--------->Step into the Park Various Artists posted 4/17/04
--------->Chris Stout First O' the Darkenin' posted 6/23/04
--------->Martin Simpson righteousness & humidity posted 4/17/04
Nordic Folk
--------->Nordic Roots 2 & 3 Various Artists posted 4/17/04
Folk influenced IRE/UK Rock
--------->Jim Moray Sweet England posted 4/17/04
--------->Flatfoot 56 Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/12/04
--------->Gemma Hayes Night on My Side posted 12/10/04
--------->James Yorkston & the Athletes Moving Up Country posted 1/20/04
--------->Per Bergkvist & the Sourgrapes Decidely Mellow posted 9/7/04
--------->Cerveris Dogeared posted 8/21/04
--------->The Afternoons My Lost City posted 12/31/04
--------->Sharks & Minnows The Cost of Living posted 6/14/05
--------->Teenage Fanclub A Shortcut to… posted 8/21/04
--------->Various Pop Under the Surface, Vol. 4 posted 12/31/04
--------->The Delays Faded Seaside Glamour posted 12/31/04
--------->The High Dials Fields in Glass EP posted 12/31/04
English Rock
--------->Glenn Aitken Something Blue posted 1/2/04
--------->Glenn Tilbrook Transatlantic Ping Pong posted 6/28/04
--------->Glenn Tilbrook & the Fluffers Manitowoc Concert Review posted 6/21/04
--------->Hollow Horse Five Year Diary posted 1/1/05
--------->Viva Brown The Nowhere Land posted 9/7/04
--------->The Free French It's Not Me, It's You posted 3/6/04
--------->Spearmint My Missing Days posted 3/6/04
--------->The Smiths "Rusholme Ruffians" from Meat is Murder posted 5/10/04
--------->The Smiths The Queen is Dead posted 12/6/03 ("The Spectrum")
--------->Morrissey You are the Quarry posted 8/13/04
--------->Morrissey Who Put the ‘M’ in Manchester? DVD and Live at Earls Court posted 4/25/05
--------->Damien Dempsey Seize the Day posted 12/2/04
--------->Buddahead Crossing the Invisible Line posted 12/2/04
--------->The Virtues Ruminate posted 9/7/04
--------->Joseph Arthur Our Shadows Will Remain posted 6/14/05
--------->British Sea Power Open Season posted 7/5/05
--------->Echo & the Bunnymen Echo & the Bunnymen posted 1/17/04
--------->Uncut monthly samplers posted 1/3/04 (in post about The DJC Collection)
--------->Dorian Gray “There is a Light” CD single posted 9/7/04
--------->Turin Brakes The Optimist LP & Ether Song posted 5/19/04
--------->Jump Between the Dim & the Dark posted 1/1/05
--------->Keane Hopes and Fears posted 1/1/05
--------->Athlete Vehicles & Animals posted 5/30/04
--------->Thirdimension Permanent Holiday posted 11/9/04
--------->Muse Absolution posted 8/27/04
--------->Five Eight Five Eight posted 10/30/04
--------->Autumdivers Autumdivers posted 1/1/05
--------->Woodstar Life Sparks posted 1/1/05
--------->La Rocca Sing Song Sung EP posted 1/1/05
--------->Kimberley Rew Essex Hideaway posted 8/2/05
English Pop
--------->Roxy Music Live posted 1/2/05
English Dance Rock
--------->Cafebar 401 Cafebar 401 posted 6/30/04
--------->Simple Kid 1 posted 7/5/05
--------->Placebo Sleeping with Ghosts posted 3/8/04
--------->Radio 4 Stealing of a Nation posted 1/2/05
--------->Skillet Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/16/04
--------->Skillet January 13th Concert Review posted 1/25/05
--------->The Cure Faith [REMASTERED] posted 5/6/05
--------->Simian We Are Your Friends posted 1/2/05
Electronica
--------->Bjork Olympic Opening Ceremony performance posted 8/14/04
--------->Bjork Medulla posted 1/4/05
--------->Volente Cold Clean posted 1/4/05
--------->Brian Eno Curiosities: Volume I posted 2/21/04
--------->Decomposure Taking Things Apart posted 8/30/04
--------->Greg Davis April 1st Concert Review posted 4/3/04
--------->Collections of Colonies of Bees April 1st Concert Review posted 4/3/04
--------->Wanna Buy a Craprak? Various artists posted 1/4/05
--------->Jon Hopkins Contact Note & Opalescent posted 1/4/05
--------->Honeyroot Sound Echo Location posted 1/4/05
--------->Mice Parade Obridgado Saudade posted 1/7/05
--------->Royksopp Melody A.M. posted 1/7/05
--------->Beta Band Heroes to Zeros posted 1/7/05
--------->QRT Faardte posted 6/27/04
--------->Mocean Worker Mixed Emotional Features posted 6/14/04
--------->Boom Bip Corymb posted 1/7/05
--------->Savas Pascalidis Galatic Gigolo posted 1/7/05
--------->Miss Kittin I Com posted 1/7/05
--------->DJ Hell N.Y. Muscle posted 1/7/05
American Pop
American Dance Pop
American Pop Rock
--------->Too Much Time on Our Hands: A Styx Tribute Various artists posted 1/11/05
--------->Flynn On Your Way posted 4/28/04
Country
Country influenced Rock
--------->Carrie Newcomer Betty's Diner: The Best of Carrie Newcomer posted 12/10/04
--------->Jan Krist When Planets Collide (FFM Preview) posted 3/26/05
--------->Seka ['Sister'] Vol. 3 Various artists posted 1/23/05
--------->Theresa Andersson Shine posted 1/22/05
--------->Tift Merritt Tambourine posted 1/22/05
--------->Maggie Brown Maggie Brown posted 1/22/05
--------->Sarah Masen 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/7/05
--------->Maria Mckee posted 1/22/05
--------->Maria Mckee Peddlin’ Dreams posted 8/2/05
--------->Adam Snyder Across the Pond posted 1/23/05
--------->The Good Sons Cosmic Fireworks posted 11/23/04
--------->Michael Weston King A Decent Man posted 11/23/04
--------->The Carburetors Y'all Don't Tell My Mama I Was Here posted 1/23/05
--------->J.J. Cale To Tulsa and Back posted 7/8/04
--------->Arms of Kismet Eponymous posted 2/3/04
--------->Arms of Kismet Cutting Room Rug posted 5/14/05
--------->Grand Drive See the Morning In posted 5/28/04
--------->Grand Drive The Lights in This Town... posted 1/23/05
--------->Chris Smit, Michael VanHouten, & the New Midwest 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/1/05
--------->Jeff Black Interview/Tin Lily posted 8/2/05
--------->Will Kimbrough This and Home Away posted 5/16/04
--------->Tom Gillam Shake My Hand posted 1/23/05
--------->Hayes Carll Little Rock posted 5/23/05
--------->Hayes Carll Live Concert (7/21) Review posted 8/2/05
--------->James McMurtry Too Long in the Wasteland posted 12/7/03
--------->James McMurtry Live in Aught-Three posted 5/5/04
--------->Darrell Scott Live in NC posted 8/2/05
--------->Ralston Carwreck Conversations posted 5/22/04
--------->Ralston 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/1/05
--------->Todd Thibaud Northern Skies posted 6/1/05
--------->Spirit Creek Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/16/04
--------->Third Day Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/16/04
Alt.Country
--------->Johnny Dowd Cemetery Shoes posted 2/1/05
--------->Willie B. Fresh: a-frame sessions vol. 2 posted 2/1/05
--------->Lucid Fate posted 2/16/04
--------->Lucid Fate April 17th Concert review posted 4/19/04
--------->Lucid Fate February 4th Concert review posted 2/12/05
--------->Okkervil River EP with Julie Dorion, posted 3/1/04
--------->Damien Jurado Holding His Breath EP posted 3/1/04
--------->Holy Sons I Want a Peaceful Life posted 2/1/05
--------->Loner Road Songs EP posted 6/27/04
--------->Spokane Close Quarters EP posted 3/1/04
--------->Early Day Miners The Sonograph EP posted 3/1/04
--------->Grupo Salvaje In Black We Trust posted 2/1/05
--------->Thomas Denver Jonsson & the September Surprise Hope to Her posted 1/31/04
--------->Greg Hobbs Threats & Promises posted 6/20/04
--------->Jason Walker & the Last Drinks Ashes & Wine posted 5/28/04
--------->Anders Parker Tell It to the Dust posted 8/21/04
--------->Sam Roberts We Were Born in a Flame posted 2/1/05
--------->Fairfax Live Concert (7/22) Review posted 8/2/05
--------->Son Volt Retrospective posted 6/7/05
--------->Jay Farrar Stone, Steel & Bright Lights posted 9/20/04
--------->C. Gibbs Parade of Small Horses posted 7/5/05
--------->The Silos When the Telephone Rings posted 4/16/05
--------->Old 97's Fight Songs posted 3/22/04
--------->Old 97's Interview with Murry Hammond posted 7/19/04
--------->Old 97's Drag It Up posted 10/2/04
--------->Old 97's Minneapolis Concert (October 22) Review posted 10/30/04
--------->Bottle Rockets Live Concert Review posted 7/5/05
Bluegrass
--------->Yonder Mountain String Band Live on "Austin City Limits" posted 6/2/04
--------->Jeff Austin & Chris Castino Songs from the Tin Shed posted 6/2/04
--------->A.J. Roach Dogwood Winter posted 3/2/04
New Bluegrass
--------->Adrienne Young & Little Sadie The Art of Virtue posted 8/2/05
--------->Mindy Smith One Moment More posted 5/12/04
--------->Sixteen Horsepower Folklore posted 4/21/04
American Folk
--------->Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster Various Artists posted 10/12/04
--------->John Wesley Harding Adam’s Apple posted 9/12/04
--------->Greg Brown March 14th Concert Review posted 3/15/04
--------->Slant 6 Cowboys Slant 6 Cowboys posted 9/25/04
--------->Ani Difranco Educated Guess & Knuckle Down posted 2/4/05
--------->Pierce Pettis Great Big World (FFM Preview) posted 3/13/05
--------->Pierce Pettis 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/7/05
--------->Cliff Eberhardt "Carnival Girl" from 12 Songs of Good & Evil posted 5/10/04
--------->John Gorka April 2nd Concert Review posted 4/5/04
--------->Bill Mallonee Dear Life, (FFM Preview) posted 3/14/05
--------->Bill Mallonee 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/7/05
--------->Casey Abrams Like a Mirror posted 2/24/05
--------->Pow Navarro 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/1/05
--------->Justin Roth April 2nd Concert Review posted 4/5/04
--------->Steven Delopoulos Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/12/04
--------->Justin Roth Shine posted 4/26/04
--------->Justin Roth Music Spectrum Interview posted 4/26/04
--------->Silver Shoes Old Friend posted 3/24/04
--------->Amy Fairchild Mr. Heart posted 6/16/04
Folk influenced American Rock
--------->Jars of Clay Who We Are Instead posted 5/8/04
--------->Jars of Clay Redemption Songs posted 3/22/05
--------->Krystal Meyers Krystal Meyers posted 7/5/05
Jam Band
--------->Thomas Cunningham The Bottle of Wine EP posted 6/27/04
--------->Right Lane Vacant National Youth Gathering Concert Review posted 8/8/04
--------->Zox Take Me Home posted 5/19/05
--------->Zox The Wait posted 8/2/05
--------->Tullamore Dew February 4th Concert review posted 2/12/05
--------->John Brown’s Body Live Review, Milwaukee, WI, 5/12/05 (and Pressure Points) posted 5/19/05
--------->Steel Train Twilight Tales from the Prairies of the Sun posted 5/19/05
South American Folk
Latin Rock
--------->Patricia Vonne Guitars & Castanets posted 7/5/05
--------->Mexico and Mariachis Various Artists posted 9/10/04
--------->Los Super Seven Heard It on the X posted 7/5/05
Middle Eastern influenced Rock
--------->Camper Van Beethoven New Roman Times posted 8/2/05
World Folk
--------->Madison Greene Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/10/04
--------->La Talvera Pampaligossa posted 1/23/04
World Rock
--------->African Groove Various Artists posted 4/26/04
World Folk influenced Rock
--------->Tom Waits Big Time posted 1/10/04
American Band Rock
--------->Echelon National Youth Gathering Concert Review posted 8/4/04
--------->Fuller Still Fuller Still EP posted 6/27/04
--------->Matt Angus Thing Political Pop posted 10/31/04
--------->Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers Americano posted 9/15/04
--------->54*40 Part 1 posted 2/25/04
--------->54*40 Part 2 posted 3/10/04
--------->R.E.M. In Time posted 3/20/04
--------->Jonathan Rundman Sound Theology posted 2/23/04
--------->Jonathan Rundman National Youth Gathering Concert Review (July 27) posted 8/4/04
--------->The Waiting & the Smalltown Poets Vortex posted 8/17/04
--------->Averi & the Smalltown Poets Vortex posted 8/17/04
--------->Smalltown Poets & the Smalltown Poets Vortex posted 8/17/04
--------->The Pale & the Smalltown Poets Vortex posted 8/17/04
--------->Form & the Smalltown Poets Vortex posted 8/17/04
--------->The Pool Boys National Youth Gathering Concert Review posted 8/8/04
--------->Smithereens Live Concert Review posted 7/5/05
--------->Switchfoot the beautiful letdown posted 12/11/03
--------->Better Than Ezra Live at the House of Blues New Orleans posted 4/27/05
--------->Wes Cunningham 12 Ways... posted 2/18/04
--------->Barenaked Ladies Barenaked for the Holidays posted 12/16/04
--------->Jason Mraz Tonight, Not Again posted 12/27/04
American Dance Rock
--------->Audio Adrenaline National Youth Gathering Concert (July 25) Review posted 8/2/04
--------->Fusebox National Youth Gathering Concert Review posted 8/4/04
--------->Fusebox …as a Gathering Band 2005 posted 8/2/05
--------->Superchic[k] National Youth Gathering Concert (July 25) Review posted 8/2/04
Guitar Rock (Atmospheric)
--------->Neal Morse Testimony posted 2/10/04
--------->Tragically Hip Day for Night posted 12/28/03
College Rock
--------->David Bazan 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/7/05
--------->Jason Anderson March 21st concert review posted 3/24/05
--------->Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans (FFM Preview) posted 3/4/05
--------->Sufjan Stevens 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/4/05
--------->Brother Danielson 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/4/05
--------->Half-handed Cloud Thy is a Word & Feet Need Lamps (FFM Preview) posted 3/25/05
--------->Half-handed Cloud 2005 Festival of Faith & Music concert review posted 4/7/05
--------->Paul Brill New Pagan Love Song posted 6/2/05
--------->Meredith Bragg & the Terminals Vol. I posted 8/2/05
--------->Liz Janes Poison & Snakes posted 10/6/04
--------->ill lit i need you posted 5/24/04
--------->The Concretes The Concretes posted 11/13/04
--------->Ceramic Ceramic 5-song EP posted 8/2/05
--------->Zeitlyn & Takahashi Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project posted 5/1/04
--------->Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! posted 4/14/04
--------->Adrian Belew Side One posted 4/22/05
--------->Speaking Canaries Last Type Story: Get Out Alive posted 7/5/05
Guitar Rock
--------->The Mood Elevator Married Alive posted 2/28/04
--------->U2 "Tomorrow" from October posted 3/29/04
Acetate This Band Makes Me Feel posted 4/27/05
Garage Rock
--------->Closed Mondays February 4th Concert review posted 2/12/05
--------->Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Shake the Sheets posted 3/19/05
--------->The Rosenbergs Department Store Girl posted 3/31/04
--------->Olivia Olivia the Band posted 7/5/05
--------->Relient K National Youth Gathering Concert (July 26) Review posted 8/2/04
--------->Relient K Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Fist posted 12/16/04
--------->Promise the Moon Live in Concert, Monday, April 4, 2005, La Crosse, Wisconsin posted 4/12/05
--------->Deathray Deathray posted 5/28/04
--------->Thirst From Mouth to Skin posted 9/7/04
--------->The Chevelles Sunbleached posted 9/7/04
--------->Hawk Nelson Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/10/04
--------->Soul Asylum in the Modey Lemon/Fever posting 5/17/04
--------->Modey Lemon Predator EP posted 5/17/04
--------->Bob Mould Workbook posted 12/8/03
--------->Bob Mould Body of Song posted 7/5/05
--------->Rocket from the Tombs Rocket Redux posted 3/9/05
Punk Rock
--------->Pixies Surfer Rosa posted 7/2/04
--------->Gossip Movement posted 5/28/04
--------->Guitar Wolf Loverock posted 3/6/05
--------->Amsler Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/16/04
--------->The Fever Pink on Pink EP posted 5/17/04
--------->Mando Diao Hurricane Bar posted 5/4/04
--------->Hamell on Trial Tough Love posted 10/26/04
--------->Langhorne Slim When the Sun’s Gone Down posted 8/2/05
Hard Rock
--------->Seventh Day Slumber January 13th Concert Review posted 1/25/05
--------->Everyday Sunday Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/12/04
--------->Number One Fan Compromises posted 11/9/04
--------->Number One Gun Celebrate Mistakes posted 11/9/04
--------->Mourning September A Man Can Change His Stars posted 8/10/04
--------->Sarcasm Live in Concert, Monday, April 4, 2005, La Crosse, Wisconsin posted 4/12/05
--------->Live "Operation Spirit" from Mental Jewelry posted 4/10/04
--------->Day of Infamy "Red Autumn" single posted 11/9/04
--------->Elvehjem Live in Concert, Monday, April 4, 2005, La Crosse, Wisconsin posted 4/12/05
--------->Alice Cooper The Eyes of Alice Cooper posted 1/27/04
--------->Day of Fire Day of Fire posted 11/9/04
--------->Kutless National Youth Gathering Concert (July 27) Review posted 8/2/04
--------->38th Parallel Turn the Tides posted 2/9/04
--------->P.O.D. Satellite posted 2/9/04
--------->Blindside Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/16/04
--------->Kids in the Way Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/10/04
--------->Kids in the Way January 13th Concert Review posted 1/25/05
--------->Thousand Foot Krutch Lifest Music Festival (July 9) Review posted 7/12/04