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CD Picks of the Week

Each week, the Soundcheck staff digs through their inboxes for the best, catchiest, or strangest music they can find.

Soundcheck's Picks of the Week

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May 27, 2009

This week’s picks take us to the cradles of civilization, the depths of YouTube and an uninhabited island in Massachusetts. Read our full reviews and download a free track from the new Grizzly Bear album, Veckatimest, here.

Kronos Quartet, Floodplain (Nonesuch)

Kutiman, ThruYOU: Kutiman Mixes YouTube

Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest (Warp Records)

Soundcheck's Picks of the Week

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May 22, 2009

Abraham Lincoln Portraits – Nashville Symphony, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Leonard Slatkin - Picked by Brian Wise

Respect Sextet - Sirius Respect: the Music of Sun Ra and Stockhausen (Mode/Avant Records) - Picked by John Schaefer

Soname – Plateau (World Village) – picked by Gisele Regatao

Soundcheck's Picks of the Week

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March 12, 2009

Three outstanding new releases as picked by the Soundcheck staff. Read full reviews here.

India – several artists (Putumayo) - picked by Gisele Regatao

Till Felner – Bach Two and Three-Part Inventions (ECM) – Picked by Brian Wise

Bell Orchestre, As Seen Through Windows (Arts & Crafts) - picked by Joel Meyer

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Soundcheck's Picks of the Week

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February 19, 2009

Three new releases picked by the Soundcheck staff. Click here to read our full reviews -- and to download a free song from Benjy Ferree.

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor; Colin Currie, Percussion - Works by James MacMillan, Thomas Ades, Jennifer Higdon (LPO label) -- Picked by Brian Wise

Marco Benevento: Me Not Me -- Picked by John Schaefer

Benjy Ferree, “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Bobby Dee, Bobby Dee” (Domino) --picked by Joel Meyer

Picks of the Week

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February 11, 2009

The Soundcheck staff highlights three outstanding new releases. Read our full reviews here.

Marianne Dissard, "L’Entredeux"
--picked by Irene Trudel

Jordi Savall/Hesperion XXI et. al., "Jerusalem, the City of Two Peaces, Heavenly Peace and Earthly Peace"
--picked by John Schaefer

Chango Spasiuk, "Pynandi, Los Descalzos"
--picked by Gisele Regatao

Picks of the Week

Soundcheck

February 04, 2009

This week’s CD haul included a solo effort from one of the Black Keys, a Scottish disco nugget, and an Indo-Pakistani-American jazz group.

Dan Auerbach, "Keep It Hid" (Nonesuch)
--picked by John Schaefer

Franz Ferdinand, "Tonight" (Domino/Epic)
--picked by Joel Meyer

Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition, "Apti" (Innova)
--picked by Gisele Regatao

CD Picks of the Week

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January 16, 2009

Three new releases picked by the Soundcheck staff. Read the full reviews of our picks here.

Brighton Port Authority, "I Think We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat" (Southern Fried Records)
--picked by John Schaefer [Amazon]

Joshua Redman, "Compass" (Nonesuch)
--picked by Brian Wise [Amazon]

Animal Collective, "Merriweather Post Pavilion" (Domino)
--picked by Joel Meyer [Amazon]

CD Picks of the Week

Soundcheck

January 07, 2009

Three outstanding new releases, as picked by the Soundcheck staff. Read the full reviews here.

"DG Concerts: Shostakovich & Mosolov, In the Shadow of Stalin," Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon) --picked by Brian Wise

Bill Alves, "Imbal-Imbalan: New Music for Gamelan" (Spectral Harmonies)--picked by John Schaefer

Various Artists, “Johnny Cash Remixed” (Compadre) --picked by Joel Meyer

CD Picks of the Year

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December 23, 2008

Each week, the Soundcheck staff digs through our inbox for three outstanding new releases. Today, we present the best of the year. Read our full picks on the Soundcheck blog.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Bach’s "The Art of Fugue" (Deutsche Grammophon)
--picked by Brian Wise

Girl Talk, “Feed the Animals” (Illegal Art)
--picked by Joel Meyer

Avishai Cohen Trio, “Gently Disturbed” (Razdaz)
--picked by Gisele Regatao

Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, “The Bairns”
--picked by John Schaefer

CD Picks of the Week

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December 05, 2008

Three new releases picked by the Soundcheck staff. Read more about the picks here.

Rodrigo y Gabriela, "Live in Japan" (ATO Records) – picked by Gisele Regatao [Amazon]

Lost In The Trees, "All Alone in An Empty House" (Trekky Records) – picked by John Schaefer [MySpace]

Recomposed by Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald, “Music by Maurice Ravel & Modest Mussorgsky” (Deutsche Grammophon) - picked by Brian Wise [Amazon]

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