Spending time in my CD player lately:

Rhett Miller, The Instigator
– Old ’97s lead man goes solo. Well-written straight-ahead pop songs.

Gay Dad, Transmission
– Three excellent tracks. Otherwise expendable. Nowhere near the quality of the space rock band’s debut, Leisure Noise.

Neko Case, Furnace Room Lullabye
– See here.

James, Greatest Hits
– Early 90’s Britpop kings. “Laid,” “Sit Down,” “Say Something.”

Shelby Lynne, I Am Shelby Lynne
– Mmmm. Shhhhelllllby.

John Hiattt, Crossing Muddy Waters
– The pride of Broad Ripple, Indiana. A full album of backporch acoustic jams.

Gram Parsons Tribute, Return of the Grievous Angel
– Maybe the best tribute album I’ve ever heard. Whiskeytown, Wilco, Elvis Costello, Evan Dando, Beck, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Marc Olsen, Gilian Welch, Emmylou Harris, and the Cowboy Junkies cover the alt-country legend’s best and forgotten tunes. Spectacular.

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