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Melvins
Nude With BootsSludge-punk godfathers lumber on with caveman insouciance. -
Earlimart
Hymn & HerReliably skilled SoCal duo neither overpromises nor underwhelms. -
Walter Meego
VoyageChicago twosome uncorks fizzy, dance-floor spaz attack. -
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
Miles Benjamin Anthony RobinsonSongwriter turns troubles into poignant tour de force. -
Tilly and the Wall
0Bright-eyed Bright Eyes protégés still dancing as fast as they can. -
Nine Inch Nails
The SlipIn pop music's future, there will be no such thing as days off. -
Torche
MeanderthalArtful Miami brutes become new queens of the stone age. -
Silver Jews
Lookout Mountain, Lookout SeaMusical page-turners from the post-Pavement poet laureate. -
Ponytail
Ice Cream SpiritualBaltimore bashers stomp across thin ice of avant punkiness. -
Katy Perry
One of the BoysSo, did Steve Aoki just forget to put her on the guest list?



