The Love Language sounds like the Arcade Fire drank several bottles of bourbon and recorded an album on a shitty 4-track. This lo-fi pop brilliance is sure to be one of the first great records of 2009. The band's eight-piece lineup delivers fierce shows featuring great arrangements and tons of youthful energy. The songs lean heavy on '50s pop forms a la Ricky Nelson, and Stu McLamb is one of the best vocalists of his generation. The first single, "Lalita," is an undeniable charge, and the follow-up single,...   [ read more ]

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Teddy Pendergrass delighted both R&B and music fans in general when he debuted on a new label with this album in 1984. It was his first album of fresh songs in two years, and Elektra put some muscle behind it. It also helped that he had a good duet with Whitney Houston, a song included in the film D.A.R.Y.L., and generally better material than Philadelphia International had trotted out on the two albums of unissued vault tracks released in the interim. The album made it into the pop Top 40 and was...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. This is a special deluxe vinyl set featuring 180 gram double vinyl in a gatefold package. The Hazards of Love is the follow-up to the The Decemberists' 2006 breakthrough, The Crane Wife, voted favorite album of the year by NPR listeners. With their fifth full-length album, the Portland-based quintet of Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, and John Moen solidifies its standing as one of the most innovative creative forces in music today. In an age when singles rule and the death...   [ read more ]

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