Best Sellers of 2011
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This one's for the fans. And Leslie Feist can afford that—she can afford to make a gorgeous, sumptuous pop album that nevertheless makes no gesture at all in the direction of the marketplace. There...read more
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I wonder whether PJ Harvey’s been listening to freak-folk: On Let England Shake she
tries out a variety of vocal tones for characterization, a warped folk-song
feeling dominates, autoharp is freque...read more
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"My country 'tis of thee / Sweet land of liberty" sings Merrill Garbus, a.k.a. Tune-Yards, leaning into the last word to show just how different her idea is than that of our founders. On her second...read more
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Annie Clark's first album not to star her delightful chin on the cover compensates wonderfully in other ways -- specifically, the vigorously talented artist's most diverse set of songs yet. Darting...read more
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The much-anticipated debut from the all-female supergroup Wild Flag
(with members of Sleater-Kinney, Helium and the Minders) is here,
and it delivers. Carrie Brownstein and Mary Timony blend thei...read more
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art-rock
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exuberant
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female vocal
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folk
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girl-band
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indie
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pop
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rock
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singer-songwriter
