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
PAUL WELLER
Wake Up the Nation
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
The Age of the Understatement
American Music Club
Love Songs for Patriots
Yo La Tengo
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Alana Davis
Surrender Dorothy
Hippo Campus
Bashful Creatures - EP
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