This is not the tofu version of crap that's been peddled to listeners of so-called "country" by big labels for far too long. Those Darlins are playing the chicken-fried steak version, complete with a heaping helping of gravy and biscuits for sopping. These ladies would make predecessors like Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn feel proud.

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Today brings the debut album from Nasvhille all-girl country-rockers Those Darlins (it rules), the newest from Def Jux rapper Cage, heartbreaking rock from Scots Broken Records, and some classic jazz from the Matt Wilson Quartet!

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New music from God Help The Girl (a girl group put together by Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch), a cool covers album from The Lemonheads, the new single from Swedish shoegazers The Radio Dept., and more!

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"Produced by the Grammy winner Don Was in a recession-efficient two days -- 'there's no bread to dilly-dally anymore,' Mr. Was said -- Mr. Snider's ninth studio record marks a relatively calm patch in a volatile career and should finally help secure his place alongside peers like Steve Earle as one of music's great populist, if not popular, singer-songwriters."

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Hope you had a nice weekend! Today we've got a selection of albums to keep you coasting through to the next one: new music from DFA Records' The Juan Maclean, Nettwerk's Lay Low and James Yuill, Sarathan's War Tapes, Daptone's Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, and Kitsuné's Fischerspooner! Plus, a reissue of Mogwai's first three EPs, if you're feeling nostalgic for 1997. (You should be.)

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We're thrilled to bring you the new album from Asobi Seksu, one week before it's out anywhere else! Today we've also got new music from Miranda Lee Richards, Simply Red, The Long Lost, and more -- find it all after the break!

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Levon Helm, longtime drummer for The Band, is on tour through NY and NJ! Find dates after the break, including a few Midnight Ramble gigs (named "Best Jam Sessions" by Rolling Stone).

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DC's These United States are now on tour throughout the US midwest/northeast; find their November dates after the break!

"[Crimes is] a phenomenal record... this is almost as much of a supergroup as The New Pornographers or Broken Social Scene. And even though they might not have a fraction of those bands' fame, to judge solely on Saturday's performance, they've already started playing with a level of energy that suggests that nobody bothered to tell them." - You Ain't No Picasso

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The newest album from DC's prolific country-rockers These United States has the grace of a measured classic, yet never loses the band's fun-loving, freewheeling spirit. Read our full review after the jump!

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With a sound deep-seated in Americana and an added rock-and-roll pulse, Old Crow Medicine Show's latest release is the musical remedy to all your ailments. Tennessee Pusher is available for purchase today!

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