2006-02-20
The enthralling new Streets of New York (released Feb. 21 on the equally new 00:02:59 label) finds the artist in his mid-fifties, his youthful energy unflagging, and he’s never sounded more committed to the themes he’s tackled. They range from the title track—a gritty paean to his adopted hometown that he describes as “my love song to the city”—to the chilling “Cell Phones Ringing (in the Pockets of the Dead),” his unflinching response to the 2004 Madrid train bombings. - James Gamble
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
Challengers
ROSIE FLORES & THE PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS
GIRL OF THE CENTURY
Ane Brun
Rarities
OVER THE RHINE
The Long Surrender
Illum Sphere
Ghosts of Then and Now
Ashton Allen
Dewdrops
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