In case you missed it due to the season premier of American Idol or something, The Derek Trucks Band's new LP Already Free hit the market today.

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At first glance, one might think this is just another vocalist domed to be lost in the clouded clutter that is female pop rock, but one would be grossly mistaken. Erin McCarley's debut, Love, Save the Empty is a compelling mix of Garland, Texas-raised, San Diego, California-cut and Nashville, Tennessee-refined song writing.

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Delayed four months, but on it's way, Ben Kweller's Changing Horses, promises to be his most thoughtful album yet. Taking an alternative-country direction, the album, originally set to release in September of 2008, will be out in January 2009.

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"I sold my piano\It couldn't come with me\I locked up my bedroom\and I walked out into the air\When nothing I needed\is left there behind me\I walk out through the shadows\Of Washington Square" His ability to paint pictures with words will never cease to amaze me.

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Intimidating news for every aspiring one-man band: Mickey Reece has elevated the term from side-show to art-show under the moniker El Paso Hot Button.

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