[Weekly roundup of the week's notable CD releases - try before you buy. Check out our upcoming CD release schedule for all 2009 releases.]

Artist: Great Lake Swimmers
Album: Lost Channels
Sample: “Pulling on a Line”
The Canadian folkies are back with their fifth album, Lost Channels, following up on 2007’s critically acclaimed Ongiara. Considerably more produced than their [...]

Like I’ve said before, I like Rolling Stone. It’s mainstream, it has pop tarts – and “The Hills” girls – on the cover too much, but, really, any magazine that employs Matt Taibbi is cool with me. One thing about the Rolling Stone – it loves itself some lists. But hey, don’t we all? The [...]

Prince gave the purple treatment to Radiohead’s now-ostracized breakthrough single, “Creep” at Coachella (ella, ella, hey, hey) this weekend.
“The Artist” nails it per usual, but it comes off sounding… well, like Prince covering Radiohead. I guess I was hoping for something more, like 2+2=5. (Sorry, had to.) I’d gladly listen to Prince and/or Radiohead live [...]