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No Line on the Horizon
Mon: 03-02-09
Super Roots 10
Fri: 02-27-09
Dark Was the Night
Thu: 02-26-09
Invaders Must Die
Wed: 02-25-09
The Century of Self
Tue: 02-24-09
200 Million Thousand
Mon: 02-23-09

Best New Music

Dark Was the Night
Thu: 02-26-09

Various Artists:
Dark Was the Night

[4AD; 2009]
Rating: 8.6

Red Hot's latest all-star charity comp features 31 new and exclusive songs from Arcade Fire, Spoon, David Byrne, My Morning Jacket, Feist, Ben Gibbard, the Decemberists, Conor Oberst,Stuart Murdoch, Yo La Tengo, the New Pornographers, Cat Power, Antony, Bon Iver, and members of Sigur Rós, among many others. Yes, it's good.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Fri: 02-06-09

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart:
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

[Slumberland; 2009]
Rating: 8.4

This new Slumberland band will be bracketed with other lo-fi/noise-pop peers, but they have songs that will appeal beyond the confines of subcultures: Anyone with a weakness for trebly, melancholy pop music will find a lot to like about this record.