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February 25, 2014 at 10:03 AM

TacocaT, The Notwist, Beck | New recordings

Posted by Seattle Times staff

Bree McKenna, of TacocaT (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

TacocaT, a cool Seattle band with a cool name; The Notwist, a German band gunning for a comeback on Seattle’s Sub Pop label; and Beck, a cool guy who has nothing to do with Seattle, are the artists with new releases we selected for review this week. Read what our critics have to say — and don’t miss the videos at the bottom of this post.

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