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We Have You Surrounded by The Dirtbombs. Garage rock from Detroit. Playing in Madison in May.

Here My Dear by Marvin Gaye. Gaye's bizarre divorce album from 1978. Part of his divorce settlement included that he make an album and his wife would receive all proceeds. Gaye produced this "two-disc-long confessional on the deterioration of their marriage; starting from the opening notes of the title track, Gaye viciously cuts with every lyric deeper into an explanation of why the relationship died the way it did. Gaye uses the album, right down to its packaging, to exorcise his personal demons with subtle visual digs and less-than-subtle lyrical attacks."

Love is Simple by The Akron Family. I cannot recall why I ordered this. I think the band appeared on someone else's disc.

Lust, Lust, Lust by the Raveonettes. A duo from Copenhagen. "The sound of a band rescuing their career from the clutches of cliché and rediscovering the magic that made them so exciting on their debut."

Some People Have Real Problems by Sia. A singer with a lot of recent press. Listen.

Hernando by North Mississippi Allstars. Roots rock from Mississippi. Another band with recent press. Listen.