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Sunshine Brothers
Live By the Sun
The Sunshine Brothers are a Santa Barbara-based collaboration between vocalist/guitarist Owen Plant, percussionist/guitarist Christopher Tyng, and bassist Bear Erickson, backed by a full rhythm section and horns. Read story.
Katy Perry
One of the Boys
Onetime Santa Barbara girl Katy Perry is currently getting a lot of attention for her new single, “I Kissed a Girl.” But the rest of One of the Boys plays out as pretty typical pop fare. Read story.
Timmy Curran
Word of Mouth
Timmy Curran is best known to lay folks as one of the greatest surfers in the world. Read story.
Paul Weller
22 Dreams
22 Dreams finds Paul Weller at the zenith of his creativity, re-examining the changing man’s ever changing moods. Read story.
Meiko
Meiko
On her self-titled debut, Meiko combines the best of folk and soft rock to create a soothing, tranquil atmosphere of sounds. Read story.
Ray Davies
Working Man’s Café
Working Man’s Café is Kinks legend Ray Davies’s second solo outing since his seminal band disbanded in 1996. Read story.
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Have Another Ball
Take a Japanese garden—the serenity, the peace, the harmony. Read story.
Jason Mraz
We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
Jason Mraz says his newest album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, includes 12 tracks of “self-realization, self empowerment, and self-improvement,” explaining that he “was happy to be able to write an album at the same time I was coming back to Earth.” Read story.
Jim Bianco
Sing
Jim Bianco’s newest album, Sing, is orange both on the cover and in its tracks. Read story.
Wolf Parade
At Mount Zoomer
Proving to be quite versatile, Wolf Parade have returned with a record that seems to be heavily inspired by the late ’80s and early ’90s sounds of the Pixies, The Cars, the Flaming Lips, and the Eels. Read story.
Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords
It would be easy not to take Flight of the Conchords’ hilarious self-titled third disk seriously, but quite frankly, the mixing is pretty intelligent and the album never really fails musically. Read story.
What Laura Says
Thinks and Feels
Thinks and Feels, the first LP from Arizona group What Laura Says, combines folk, jazz, and a mix of 1950s through 1970s mainstream sounds. Read story.
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Calling Fleet Foxes’ debut “lush” is about as grand an understatement as one could make. Read story.
The Feelings Mutual
Selfish Served
This debut effort from San Diego’s The Feelings Mutual shines with bright pop-rock melodies—even though all of the band members resemble scruffy folksters. Read story.
Coldplay
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friend
Taking their cultural cues from a 2007 tour and recording session in Latin America—and with a little extra help from producer and fellow Brit Brian Eno—Coldplay’s Viva la Vida provides a truly luscious follow up to 2005’s X&Y. Read story.
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