Juliana Hatfield, 'How to Walk Away' (Ye Olde)
"Don't take me for a woman," sings Hatfield in "This Lonely Love," from her ninth solo album.
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The Dandy Warhols, '...Earth to the Dandy Warhols' (Beat the World)
With Earth to the Dandy Warhols, the self-released follow-up to 2005's overblown Odditorium or Warlords of Mars (poor sales of which earned them the boot from Capitol), these Portland psych-rock vets have fully exhausted their 15 minutes of mainstream renown.
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Jay Reatard, 'Singles 2006–2007' (In the Red)
This insanely prolific Memphis garage punk recently signed to Matador, which is in the midst of a plan to release a half-dozen new seven-inches before the end of the year. Singles 2006–2007 collects 17 earlier, scruffy sides recorded for a bunch of smaller indies like Goner and Squoodge.
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Tilly and the wall, '0' (Team Love)
When this Omaha outfit appeared in 2004 with a tap dancer where a drummer is supposed to be, only the band members (or Conor Oberst, who releases their albums) would've bet that Tilly and the Wall would still be around four years later. Yet here they are on their third full-length, and rather than calcify into indie-scene shtick, Tilly's music has gotten funnier and more vibrant.
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Nine Inch Nails, 'The Slip' (The Null Corporation)
"Once I start, I cannot stop myself," Trent Reznor sings in "Discipline," the most conventional tune on the unconventionally released The Slip, which hit the Internet in May with a price tag even a Radiohead fan could love. ("Thank you for your continued and loyal support," the Nine Inch Nails mastermind wrote on his site.
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Martha Wainwright, 'I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too' (Zoë)
Wainwright has kept busy in the three years since she released her solo debut, duetting with Gary Lightbody on Snow Patrol's Eyes Open, appearing in Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, and singing on her brother's Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall.



