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Caught in the Carousel "There will be music despite everything"

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The Adventures of Stickboy

1. "I'm Pretty Sure I'm Gay"
2. "Please, Please, Please"
3. "I'm Pretty Sure I Can't Go On Vacation with My Parents Anymore"
4. "Kiss Me on the LRV"
5. "It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands"
6. "I'm Pretty Sure I Want to be a Famous Comic Book Artist"
7. "Brushes with Greatness"
8. "Exterminate the Brutes!"
9. "Kill Cat Stevens"
10. "Strip Club Strip"
11. "O' Come Again, Terrible Summer"
12. "En El Fondo: Pages from an (Anti) Depression"
13. "The $100K Bowl of Shit"

Shawn Brown
The Trews: Canadian Riff Rock With Indie Sprit and a Pimps' Heart
Quit Sellin' Amos Lee Short

Carousel Roundup
February 2011: Have a Heart (It's So Tasty)
November 2010: I See Dead Things
October 2010: I'm Running Away to Join the Circus
September 2010: Almost Strictly Instrumental
August 2010: The Booze Tour
July 2010: Sisters of Mercy
June 2010: Groovy Singer-Songwriters

Composition Breakdown
Brian Vander Ark

Thomas Cooney:
"Another Thing!" (January 2012)
"Another Thing!" (October 2011)
"Another Thing!" (August 2011)
"Another Thing!" (June 2011)
"Another Thing!" (April 2011)
"Another Thing!" (February 2011)
"Another Thing!" (January 2011)
"Another Thing!" (November 2010)
"Another Thing!" (October 2010)
"Another Thing!" (September 2010)
"10 Years of Swing Out Sister's Somewhere Deep In The Night"
"The Twenty-Five Year Seduction: Bryan Ferry’s Boys and Girls"
"Decade in Review"
"The Deep Night Of Day"

The Cyprus Chronicles:
"Life Itself"

Katrina Geco:
"Daydreamer's Holiday - The Clarks and the Sounds of Pittsburgh"

Kevin Griffin:
"The Bass Man"

Kelly Haigh:
"Stage Fright at the Railway Club"

New Crush/Old Crush
Vampire Weekend
War Elephant
Theresa Moorehouse

Kaya Oakes' Miscellany:
"Dylan: He's Just Like Us"

The Roberge Report:
"Just for Openers"
"Jay Walter Bennett"
"Closet Classics"
"Urinal Tour Diary; A Week on the Road with the most Punctual and Polite Band in Punk"
"Room #8, Joshua Tree Inn"

Studio Musician Gossip:
"We Need A Public Option Radio Station"
"Make Out/Make Over"
"Re-Make, Re-Model"

Book Reviews

Got No Secrets by Danila Botha
All You Get Is Me, by Yvonne Prinz
Getting in Tune, by Roger Trott
Hew, Screw + Glue: How Stuff is Made, by James Innes-Smith
Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride With Tommy James And The Shondells , by Tommy James
Mingering Mike, by Dori Hadar
New York Dolls, by Bob Gruen
Red Album of Asbury Park, by Alex Austin
Satchmo: The Wonderful World And Art Of Louis Armstrong, by Steven Brower
Stalker Girl, by Rosemary Graham
Stone Roses, by Alex Green
Three Wishes: An Intimate Look At Jazz Greats, by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
The Vinyl Princess by Yvonne Prinz

DVD Reviews

Pet Shop Boys - Pandemonium
Rush - Snakes and Arrows Live

Live Reviews

2011
2011 - Lost Lander
2011 - Bryan Ferry
2011 - Joana and the Wolf
2011 - Jasmine Minks
2011 - Gardens & Villa
2011 - Mike Watt & the Minutemen
2011 - The Royal Bangs
2011 - Dropkick Murphys
2011 - The Decemberists
2010
2010 - English Beat
2010 - Toadies
2010 - Sick Puppies
2010 - Jennie DeVoe
2009
2009 - Forever Young Dylan Tribute
The Meat Puppets
Bob Mould with Juliana Hatfield
Pet Shop Boys
Pixies
Bonnie Whitmore
2008
2008 - The Kooks
The Subways
2007
Big Star
Coachella
English Beat
Sondre Lerche
Placebo
Sonic Youth

Best Of:

Best of 2010
Best of 2009
Best of 2008

FEATURE - CAROUSEL ROUND-UP

July 2010: Sisters of Mercy

By Lyn Dunagan

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	Amber Rubarth—Good Mystery Whimsical, charming indie-pop, full of hooks and humor; Rubarth earned first prize in an international songwriting competition judged by Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, and The Cure's Robert Smith-so if you don't believe me, trust them.	Meet the Artist Amber Rubarth on MySpace
	Ruth Gerson—This Can't Be My Life (Wrong Records) Edgy, piano driven alt-rock with a voice like Joan Osborne/Sheryl Crow. "I want you to be happy, but not with me." Heh. Right on. Gerson's lyrics are defiant, vulnerable, and raw; she had me digging for the razor blades and kerosene.	Ruth Gerson
	Sunshine Collective—Wanna Play? (Mystefire Records) Quirky and shockingly upbeat, this relentlessly cute duo makes nostalgia endearing with their alternative beach-pop/Americana debut. They make Mr. Rogers seem curmudgeonly.	Sunshine Collective
	Naree—Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde This CD is one of the reasons I started this feature. Sharp and shiny pop rock with a ton of hooks and high energy, this short promo album is astonishingly polished for a young group. And then I read Naree's bio, and was even more impressed.	Naree on MySpace

More to come...

—Lyn

Of the dozens of CDs that cross my desk monthly (a mere fraction of what we receive at Caught in the Carousel), I get to listen to a lot of great music. Unfortunately, between my day job and my triathlon schedule, a lot of what I like doesn't make it off my desk in a timely manner. I don't want to see good music get washed away by the incoming tide of the next month, and the next, and so here are the shiniest shells, rescued from the surf. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I have.

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