Baby D's Bagels
$20 Worth of Food and Drink for Only $10
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Mercurial Balm

Food
ECM
Thomas Strønen (drums) and Iain Ballamy (saxophones) are the primary chefs whose offerings may bring to mind the brownies made famous by Alice B. Toklas.
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Dark Party

D. Watusi
NASHVILLE’S DEAD
What we have here is a spotless portrayal of constant screwball vocals (not unlike a mixture of David Johansen and early Red Cross) that time-travel to the iridescent days of yore.
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General Dome

Buke and Gase
BRASSLAND
Buke and Gase have set the bar impossibly high for 2013 indie rock.
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No Beginning No End

Jose James
BLUE NOTE
I’ll be damned if this isn’t in my top five 335 days from now. The jazzy singer from Minneapolis finally gets a proper U.S.
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Cross Culture

Joe Lovano’s Us Five
BLUE NOTE
The third release of saxophonist Joe Lovano and his band Us Five builds on the strengths of the prior two.
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If “State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)” doesn’t get Jim James a guest spot on “Sesame Street,” the producers are nuts.
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Moons

James Business
GRAPPA FRISBEE
This is exactly the kind of evolution one wanted to hear on James Business’ second release.
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Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 10

Various Artists
SELF-RELEASED

John King’s tenure as the sultan of Louisville love songs has sadly come to an end.

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Locked Doors & Pretty Fences

Joel Henderson
TROUBLECURE
In popular music, the awkward years come between 35 and 50 — too young to be a grizzled vet, too old to be hungry and fresh-eyed, just right to begin the Dad Rock years.
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2 the Top

Johnny Spanish & T-Razor
SELF-RELEASED
It’s difficult not to get a contact high while listening to this quickie from these two locals. Spanish and Razor have both been busy and moderately successful as solo acts.