"Like My Morning Jacket before them, The Deep Vibration out of Nashville, Tennessee, have lovingly strip-mined the music of country-rock pioneers such as the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Band and succeeded in sculpting a sound that's as fresh as it is familiar."

[8/10]

Sometimes a psychedelic whirl of experimental sounds, sometimes an '80s urban cowboy soundtrack and sometimes not even placeable, The Raveonettes' music is a mix of traditional style and completely unexpected musical turns. Close your eyes while you're listening and you'll see a fireworks display of playful color and dancing light, like a raving LA or NY club dance floor (only sans sketchy characters and illegal drugs).

Today's new music includes a free five-song album from Rick Lucy, a remixes compilation from Au Revoir Simone and friends, the debut from Illa J (brother to the legendary J Dilla), the fifth and final album from The Streets, and more! Check them all out after the break...

"Following on the heels of his Donuts-esque Dil Cosby Suite comes the latest installment in Madlib's Beat Konducta series, and the second part of his fitting tribute to the legendary J Dilla: Beat Konducta Vol. 6: Dil Withers Suite. This one is excellent in its own right, but play it in its entirety back-to-back with Vol. 5 as a two-part 'suite' (as intended?), and you have what might be my favorite hip-hop release of '08 thus far."

By blending elements of jazz music with the European classical tradition, George Gershwin managed to create the first widely-accepted and uniquely American art music before his early death in 1937, at the age of thirty-eight. The three pieces featured on this recording are some of the most frequently performed and culturally referenced of his oeuvre, passionately performed by Australian pianist Kathryn Selby and the combined forces of the Slovak Philharmonic and the Slovak Radio Symphony, under the direction of Richard Hayman.

San Luis Obispo, CA's Each Passing Day was formed while its members were still in high school, and like many musical endeavors was inspired in large part by a bad breakup. Now, music is much more than a hobby for the trio, and their debut Welcome Home is a powerful collection of folk-rock ballads that's winning awards and accolades in their hometown.

[RIYL Iron and Wine, Damien Rice, Death Cab for Cutie]

"Gabriel Kahane does not suffer from artistic schizophrenia, his current slate of projects notwithstanding. There’s the piano sonata he's composing; the 'arts-presentery' musical genealogy of his family he's writing; a fellowship with the Public Theater to write a show based on the book February House; and, of course, the tour for his self-titled new album, which showcases his warm tenor in a set of immaculate pop songs."

"Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti hooks up with Brazilian Rodrigo Amarante and crashes at Devendra Banhart's, and he winds up casually making the best record involving any of his bandmates in years."

[7.2]