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NEW ALBUMS: Bitch and Animal, Graeme Downes, Thalia Zedek

The uplifting “Song for a Hollywood Road Movie” is title appropriately—a bluesy, evocative song that sounds conjures the best bits of introspective Sheryl Crow. The glowering “Gucci” pays homage to the ominous blues of triphop, while “Getting Out of It” is a jazzy torch song for anyone on the run from a relationship. “Sunday Kickaround” celebrates the relief of a pickup football game as a respite from the demands of life, conveyed through edgy Eastern-flecked music which goes straight to the stomach, finally resolving itself with “Mastercontrol,” concluding this surprise treat of an album.

4/5

—Andrew R. Iliff

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Thalia Zedek

Been Here and Gone

(Matador Records)

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