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While the quirky popmeister who fronted Jules & the Polar Bears evolved into a more contemplative and serious-minded songwriter some years back, Jules Shear's tenth album, 2006's Dreams Don't Count, still came as something of a surprise in its sadly beautiful documentation of a landscape of broken hearts and busted dreams. Beginning with the bitterly rueful "Bad Connection," a spare but indelible portrait of a relationship on its last legs, Dreams Don't Count features a dozen songs for a rai...   [ read more ]

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