Avant-Americana

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    Clarinet Thing
     
    Cry, Want
    CLARINET THING is a chamber quartet of jazz clarinetists featuring Sheldon Brown, Ben Goldberg, Harvey Wainapel, Beth Custer and Cry, Want is their sophomore release.
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    Marc Gartband
     
    I Am A Fool For You
    With an Irish Bouzouki (and upright bass and percussion) Marc Gartband combines elements of Midwest American with traces of Middle Eastern hypnotism.
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    Jimmy Muffin
     
    On The Brink Of Disaster
    The best way to describe it is "Crisis Comedy" Real life experiences that didn't appear to be amusing at the time they were happening but looking back I am able to write and laugh about them now.
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    Al Kryszak
     
    Having an Atonal Christmas (String Quartet & Harp Collection)
    10 years after the KINO films release of A CHRISTMAS PAST, this collection of new music for String Quartet & Harp offers an off-center take on the holidays, with strange inclusions of Christmas music past, for people who have trouble with holidays
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    Lee and Susan Terry
     
    Acadia
    exotic blend of acoustic mayhem
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    The Renaldo The Ensemble
     
    Why Are You?
    An immediately-accessible work that melds indie art rock with tango and even opera.
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    Kirsten Ireland
     
    Human Masterpiece
    A deviation from the ordinary, this album fuses rich vocals with a wide variety of instrumentation. The end result is a song for almost any mood.
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    Jon Nelson
     
    Fable
    New music by American composers for solo trumpet with piano, percussion, and electronics. The works are influenced by jazz, American composers Morton Feldman and Elliott Carter, and world music from Cuba and Bulgaria.
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    Douglas September
     
    Sundays in Radio
    Sublime atmospheric lullaby qualities which are exercises in extremes imbuing a sharp critical eye from this totally self-made maverick artist.
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    Apple Pie Hopes
     
    Molasses & Tin
    Enjoy this odd & endearing collection of cover songs, paying homage to "SF's Freakiest Behavior", Sugar&Gold. Brought to you by Apple Pie Hopes, "What America Should Taste Like."
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    Scott Erickson
    The Wallflower Dancers
    I've stopped worrying about my songs, and if their music is complex enough. I've found that beauty can be so simple, without the pretense of elite stuff.
    This album marks a return to my classical roots with the piano. It is also a sort-of science fair experiment with music. For instance, despite the emphasis on piano, I still used elements from my first album, such as the accordion and harmonica, and I added a few newbies like bassoon and concertina as well. This album contains songs about stalkers, extraterrestrial communication, workaholism, the American legal system, apathetic ex-boyfriends, pagan goddesses, expanding your vocabulary, my "cult" in high school, and even a song about writing songs. It definitely was not made with the intention of pleasing crowds, but instead for the joy of creating music, so if you're looking for top-40 material, this is definitely the wrong place.
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    Federale
    Devil In A Boot
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    The Peculiar Pretzelmen
    Uncanny Eyes
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    2 Foot Yard
    Borrowed Arms
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    John Danley
    Acoustic Dimorphism
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      Top Songs

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      1.
      Laugh With the Big Cats
      Street Reportas
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      2.
      Intro
      Street Reportas
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      3.
      Hunger
      Street Reportas
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      4.
      Babylon Destroyer Part VI
      Jenks Miller
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      5.
      Procession
      Aaron Strumpel
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      6.
      Only the Good Die Young
      Street Reportas
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      7.
      Long Hot Summer
      Street Reportas
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      8.
      Street Meet
      Street Reportas
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      9.
      Weathered
      The Wandering Endorphin
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