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The Ramblin' Man EP offers a preview of the upcoming full-length, Ballad of the Broken Seas, from Scottish vocalist Isobel Campbell of Belle and Sebastian and ex-Screaming Trees frontman/current Queens of the Stone Age sideman Mark Lanegan. Who would guess the improbable collaboration would sound like something out of the American heartland?

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With a name alluding to both a voodoo curse and Cajun slang for drugs, the Gris Gris' latest effort is appropriately intoxicating. The Oakland, Calif., natives -- frontman Greg Ashley, bassist Oscar Michel, and drummer Joe Haener -- offer a more experimental take on garage rock's typical stomp and swagger.

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Sam Champion's debut effort is a celebration of life in the slow lane. Addressing the familiar post-graduate themes of booze and empty wallets, the rock quartet revels in the simple joy of having nowhere to go. Frontman Noah Chernin delivers a laidback drawl over Pavement-inspired melodies that alternate between hazy alt-country dirges and rollicking party jams.

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With starry-eyed lyrics and jangly acoustic melodies, Jaywalker would make an ideal soundtrack for a coming of age flick set in the Dust Bowl. Brooklyn resident Josh Joplin -- who previously crafted glossy ditties on the same label as the Backstreet Boys -- unpacks a collection of nostalgic narratives and guitar-driven pop on his solo debut.