Death in Vegas

This much-fêted album exists in that dirgelike, druggy underworld occupied by shoegazers, trip-hoppers and Primal Scream. Actually, the Scream influences run deep here, and Bobby Gillespie even lends his loping vocals to "Soul Auctioneer." Iggy Pop guests on "Aisha," while Jesus and Mary Chain's Jim Reid cameos on "Broken Little Sister."

By now you've probably made up your mind about Indigo Girls' folky harmonies, ambitious
lyrics and underachiever arrangements. Time to reconsider. For years, Amy Ray and Emily
Saliers have been making incremental improvements on a timid recorded sound that has
rarely captured their onstage charisma. Their seventh studio album hits a career peak by
simplifying the purple poetry into far more effective emotional reds and blues w... More >