Grand Funk Railroad continued to move further into the pop/rock mainstream with this hit album. They are aided considerably in this aim by the ultra-slick production of Jimmy Ienner, a producer best known for his work with the Raspberries: songs like "Runnin'" and "Memories" boast rich yet punchy horn and string arrangements that beef up the group's sound without softening its energetic edge…

The stellar 45-year career of singer-songwriter-guitarist Nils Lofgren receives a comprehensive retrospective in Face the Music, a Limited Edition 9CD + Bonus DVD boxed set that is individually hand signed and numbered by the artist.

String quartet writing is alive and well in America. Before I bought this CD I had never heard of Kenneth Fuchs. But members of the American String Quartet are old friends and I typically buy their new releases. I'm glad I did. Fuchs, Director of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma, and formerly Dean of Students and Academics at the Manhattan School of Music, is a real composer. On the basis of these three quartets, one can say that he has a genuine lyrical gift, as well as a masterful sense of form, expert counterpoint, rhythmic verve, and drama. The Second Quartet has five movements inspired by five different pieces ……

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Therapy - Infernal Love (1995) [2CD] {2014 Mercury Deluxe Expanded Edition}
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The final vocal line on Infernal Love might be "There is a light at the end of the tunnel," but there's no denying that Infernal Love is anything but optimistic; it's an unrelentingly dark and sometimes bluntly turgid record. Anyone familiar with the band had grown accustomed to Andy Cairns' spins on depression, anger, bitterness, and self-destruction, but even the most devoted listener probably screamed "Snap out of it!" while first listening to this third record. It's almost as if Therapy? went on a preemptive strike, just to make sure mainstream popularity slipped from its grasp.

Minnesota-born Terre Thaemlitz is an experimental electronic artist who has been releasing ambient and DSP music since 1993 on labels like Instinct, Mille Plateaux, Caipirinha, and his own Comatonse label. Beginning in 1997 with Couture Cosmetique, his work over time has become increasingly complex and sophisticated, as evidenced by 1998’s Means From an End, 1999’s Love for Sale, 2000’s Interstices, and 2002’s Lovebomb, all released on Mille Plateaux, as well as 1998’s Institutional Collaborative with Jane Dowe, a university-based computer music producer. On Institutional Collaborative, Dowe and Terre Thaemlitz created abstract music that was described as a "table-tennis mixing game with lounge and ambient soundclips".