Recent Sardonic Releases

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  Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello & …
  The Boy Named If
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  Costello and his longtime band use familiar building blocks -- pumped-up riffs, fleet wordplay, an omnivorous musical appetite -- yet reassemble them in unexpected ways.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Franz Ferdinand
  Hits to the Head
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  The Glasgow art-punks' greatest-hits collection gathers the highlights of their witty body of work and features two new tracks that hold their own.

  - Heather Phares
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  Bonnie "Prince" Billy /
  Blind Date Party
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  With a little help from their friends, the longtime Drag City artists collaborate for the first time in decades on an entertaining and moving set of covers.

  - Heather Phares
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  Black Country, New Road
  Ants From Up There
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  A significant leap forward for the group with a more nuanced feel, better songwriting, and interesting creative choices.

  - Timothy Monger