The Go! Team - Proof of Youth (Shock/Memphis Industries)

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Two years ago at the Big Day Out, in between performances I had actually planned to see, I wandered into the smaller Green and Red Stage areas.

Donavon Frankenreiter - Recycled Recipes (Lost Highway)

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If I have one complaint about the latest offering from bearded Californian surfie Donavon Frankenreiter, it's that it is too short.

Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child (Southbound)

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I'd like to thank the ex-colleague who passed on Over the Rhine's last album, the wonderful Drunkard's Prayer, and inadvertently introduced me to the band.

Galactic - From The Corner To The Block (Anti/Shock NZ)

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Futuristic New Orleans funk group Galactic has teamed up with some of America's finest hip hop artists for its seventh latest album. From The Corner To The Block features Jurassic 5's Chali 2na, Digable Planets' Ladybug Mecca and Blackalicious' Gift of Gab.