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?Listening to M. Ward's breezy ode to radio's forgotten heydays is a lot like taking in a huge breath of dust-bowl wind -- however, its charms are rooted in the hazy lemonade-sipping of summer rather than the great depression-obsession of the post-{#O Brother, Where Art Thou?} mainstream.Ward's voice is a slap-delayed pastiche of Ron Sexsmith's easygoing croon and Andrew Bird's closed-mouth drawl, and like his front-porch fingerpicking, it's as effortless as it is effective. Transistor Radio begins with a ...   [ read more ]

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With Season Greetings From Moe., moe. has managed to do something unique: they've made a cool, totally sincere Christmas album. That's not to say that all of it is successful. Their versions of "Blue Christmas" (crooned by guitarist Chuck Garvey), "We're A Couple of Misfits," and "Oh Hanukkah" crest with a surf-punk joy that's contagious. The band's two original contributions -- Rob Derhak's "Together at Christmas," and Al Schnier's "Home" -- aren't quite as good, though...   [ read more ]

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