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Nonesuch
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The bluegrass phenom adds pop polish and savvy songwriting to her mix, delivering a semi-acoustic pop winner.
- Mark Deming
A.G. Stage Ltd.
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The veteran electro-pop artist's second solo album delivers hooky songs with her usual effortless elegance.
- Heather Phares
222 Records / Interscope
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
Maroon 5 deliver a smartly pared-down eighth album that nicely evokes the clubby soul-pop of their early work.
- Matt Collar
Republic
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
True love and heartbreak are forever intertwined on the singer's deeply affecting fourth album.
- Matt Collar
Domino
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
A bit more moving and personal than the wry songwriter's typical output, his 11th solo album makes up for a four-year gap with 16 songs.
- Marcy Donelson
Three Lobed
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
After establishing himself as a singer/songwriter, Gunn returns to his instrumental roots on this textured ambient set.
- Timothy Monger
International Anthem
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
Delivering their first album in 11 years, the duo and engineer Dave Vettraino use the recording studio as an instrument and a laboratory.
- Thom Jurek
Island
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
A 30th anniversary release featuring newly remastered audio of the standard album and a handful of new bonuses, remixes and live tracks.

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Drugdealer

Drugdealer

Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop

Spotify - New Music Friday: Drugdealer - Real Thing

A veteran of the L.A. psychedelic scene, Michael Collins turns the trippiness down to a slow boil for his Drugdealer project. Built around his smooth keyboard playing and plangent soft rock melodies, the band re-creates the laid-back sound and vibe of Laurel Canyon of the '70s, while also sounding as technically pure as a studio full of session players. Two albums recorded in the late 2010s (The End…  Read More about Drugdealer

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August 18, 1975
50 years ago today, Hall & Oates released a self-titled album that fulfilled their early promise as pop-savvy blue-eyed soul craftsmen. A few of the tracks fall flat, but much of the album is lush and catchy, featuring ballads and midtempo numbers that are nearly as engaging as the duo's breakthrough single, "Sara Smile."
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