By the writers of Last Word Features

Richard Thompson: ‘Dream Attic’ (Shout Factory)

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Richard Thompson has always been a stellar live performer, able to recreate the nuances of his moving ballads, add fire to …

JP, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys: “Fidelity” (La Mina Records/Rocket Science Ventures)  ????It will undoubtedly be hard for some fans of singer/guitarist Chrissie Hynde to accept the idea of her making music outside of her …

Arcade Fire, “The Suburbs” (Merge)
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Arcade Fire has largely put away the anthemic rhythmic bombast that has earned the Montreal indie pop collective comparisons to Bruce Springsteen and U2 on “The Suburbs,” making it far a …

Black Label Society: “Order of the Black” (E1)
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Freed up from his long-running, time-consuming gig as Ozzy Osbourne’s primary songwriting collaborator and guitarist, and now having a home studio in which he can spend as much …