Starting this week in this space, I’ll be recommending 12 of the hundreds of releases that have recently passed over the transom—some of which the Voice will certainly wind up reviewing, but many of which might otherwise fall through the cracks. Consider it an honor roll, of sorts.
ARCHIMIDES BADKAR
Tre
(Music Network ’70s jazz-prog reissue)
TERRI CLARK “Girls Lie Too”
(Mercury country single)
terri-clark.com
CRIME IN CHOIR
The Hoop
(Frenetic post-punk prog album)
Crimeinchor.net
DNA
DNA on DNA
(No More ’70s-’80s no wave reissue)
SARA EVANS
Restless
(RCA country album)
THE HISS
Panic Movement
(Sanctuary hard rock album)
TOBY KEITH “Whiskey Girl”
(Dreamworks country single)
LOS LONELY BOYS
Los Lonely Boys
(Sony/Or Latin blues-rock album)
MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA
Fountain of Youth
(Troubleman Unlimited post-punk EP)
troublemanunlimited.com
YOLANDA PÉREZ
Dejenme Llorar
(Univision Mexican-pop album)
THE PONYS
Laced With Romance (In the Red post-punk album)
theponys.com
THE KING OF CRUNK & BME RECORDS PRESENT LIL SCRAPPY & TRILLVILLE
(Reprise/Warner Bros./BME crunk split album)
lilscrappy.com