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Michael Gira still explores the drones and grinding rhythms that he recorded with legendary art-punk band Swans, but on this fifth album with collective Angels of Light, the singer/songwriter focuses on whiplash juxtapositions of sound and style.

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Part of Nirvana's greatness stemmed from their volatility. The exact opposite can be said of Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters. Since their 1995 debut, Grohl has been a model of steady efficiency, and Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace is another quality entry in a fantastically average career.

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Beginning with 2004's Our Gangs Dark Oath, these flamboyant Seattle goth punks have spent more time fretting about onstage makeup than actual songs, churning out two albums that borrowed heavily from early My Chemical Romance.

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Last year, New Pornographers mastermind Carl Newman relocated from Vancouver to Brooklyn, a move you might assume would increase the energy level of the band's already exuberant power pop.

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Rilo Kiley singer Jenny Lewis covered the Traveling Wilburys' wizened 1988 sing-along "Handle With Care" on her solo debut last year, and she wasn't kidding

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When he was power-popping the Valley Girl soundtrack to infinity and beyond with the Plimsouls' "A Million Miles Away," Peter Case showed no signs of becoming a folkie with a Beat poet's flair. But the singer/songwriter now effortlessly laces soulfully picked guitar with wiseguy one-liners.