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Mei Semones
Animaru
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Lucius
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Guided by their in-demand tandem lead singers, the band reflect on their years together with a playful and poignant return to off-center indie pop.
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Esther Rose
Want
New West
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On her more confrontational fifth album, the crossover retro-country artist steps fairly gracefully into noisier alternative country-rock.
- Marcy Donelson
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Isaac Hayes
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Blondshell
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- Marcy Donelson
The World in Your Eyes [2025 3CD Reissue]
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Trio Gaspard
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- James Manheim
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London Choral Sinfonia / Michael Waldron / Jack Liebeck
Malcolm Arnold
Orchid Classics
Classical
A group of little-known, and in many cases newly premiered, Arnold works are performed with infectious enthusiasm.
- James Manheim

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