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My Name is Elizabeth by Annika Dunklee
Elizabeth loves her name and cannot understand why people would want to shorten it. The Queen was even named after her!
She doesn’t like to be called Liz or Lizzy. And no, don’t even think about calling her Beth or…
Sweet Dreams by Rose Lewis & Jen Corace (illus)
With lullaby lilt Sweet Dreams gently and rhythmically takes us through a night-time of nature and nurture. Any child snug in their parent’s embrace will feel a tranquil perception of the natural world as they are read to and hopefully…
Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress by Sarwat Chadda
It was Ash’s idea to visit India, so now that he hates it there’s nobody to blame but himself. Sure, he loves the ancient temples and mythical monsters, but it also means getting dragged along to stuffy parties with his…
The Skin I Live In
Like Frankenstein reassembled as a modern revenge melodrama, this is the first exercise in out-and-out sci-fi/horror from the matchless Pedro Almodóvar.
The result is expectedly baroque. Antonio Banderas – reuniting with Almodóvar for the first time in over two decades…
Sweet Heart Sweet Light by Spiritualized
This is the seventh studio album for Spiritualized’s J. Spaceman, and it was written on the road by the band in 2010 while touring to perform their classic 1997 album Ladies and gentleman we are floating in space in its…
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions by Billy Bragg & Wilco
To celebrate what would have been the legendary Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday, the good folk over at Nonesuch have decided to release a special deluxe edition of Mermaid Avenue containing volumes one and two, along with a DVD of the…
CoCo Beware by Caveman
This album is a collaboration between Norah and Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) and came together over six weeks of constant studio time. The result is a collection of contemplative and sometimes impressionistic forays about love gone bad. The voice…
Look Around the Corner by Quantic & Alice Russell
Quantic aka Will Holland has worked in and around the British funk and soul scene for almost 15 years and is now based in Cali, Columbia. Alice Russell is a renowned soul vocalist has shared a few credits with Quantic…
Boys & Girls by the Alabama Shakes
Formed in Athens in 2009, the Alabama Shakes deliver an album full of punchy blues-rock and southern soul. Often compared to the Black Keys and Drive By Truckers, on first listen it’s not hard to disagree. This band is a…
Barton Hollow by Civil Wars
Husband and wife musical partners Joy Williams and John Paul White have crafted a selection of beautiful hushed country/folk vignettes. Their vocal stylings are pleasant to the ear; the music backdrop is simple adding weight to their lyrical content, which…
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