Out of the Box Album of the Week with Paul Shugrue

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Johnny Winter Sep 02, 2014

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The Texas blues great passed away in July and "Step Back" is the album he had just completed with a wide array of collaborators who were his biggest fans.

J Mascis Aug 25, 2014

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Tied to a Star is the second mostly acoustic solo album in a row from the frontman of Dinosaur Jr. and improves nicely on his last, with more emphasis on his singing and virtuoso acoustic guitar playing.

Paul Thorn Aug 18, 2014

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Too Blessed To Be Stressed is a concept album about feeling good by this Mississippi roots rock singer songwriter and its positivity is infectious.

Spoon Aug 04, 2014

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Their eighth album will undoubtedly be compared with past efforts but taken on its own, They Want My Soul is one of the best rock and roll releases so far this year.

Jenny Lewis Jul 28, 2014

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The Voyager is her first solo album in six years and that long dry spell is addressed with songs about recrimination, second guessing and eventually, vindication.

John Hiatt Jul 21, 2014

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Terms of My Surrender is his 5th album in six years, to say he's on a creative roll is putting it mildly.

Seth Stainback and Roosterfoot Jul 14, 2014

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Fire and Steel refers to his day job as a welder and his music communicates on a very basic level to anyone who's trying to make ends meet.

Rick Estrin and The Nightcats Jul 07, 2014

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You Asked For It...Live! captures an inspired performance in front of a pumped up hometown crowd that features wit, funky rhythms and a thoroughly modern version of the blues.

Old Crow Medicine Show Jun 30, 2014

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Remedy is their eighth studio album and finds the band in a rambunctious mood, jumping from one banjo and fiddle fueled hoedown to another.

Phish Jun 23, 2014

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Fuego finds that lightning in a bottle that sometimes eludes jam bands in the studio and is much more that just a set of musical blueprints.