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As far as rock'n'roll is concerned, status quo is for suckers. New boss same as the old boss?

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How does a year without a new Fiery Furnaces album feel?

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Viva Voce make dreamy music, but it'd be a shame to doze through a second of it. Those ghostly "ooohs" on "Die a Little"? Sing along blithely. That shuffling, woozy rhythm at the start of "Devotion"?

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Shout Out Out Out Out could be long-distance disciples of Brooklyn's punky mirror-ball tribe DFA. The Edmonton, Alberta six-piece's 2006 debut, Not Saying/Just Saying, was a Juno Award–nominated disco beast, and standard vocoder vocal turns and cowbell antics aside, their latest boasts a varied collection of Kraftwerkian dance-floor workouts. On cuts like "How Do I Maintain Pt.

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Three years after their debut, this trio is already preoccupied with career issues, from half-assed promoters to message-board haters. But MCs Donwill and Ilyas and MC-producer Von Pea lend a fresh perspective to these shopworn clichés. Crisp beat loops recalling Pete Rock and 9th Wonder accompany smooth hip-hop soul ("Never Enough") and indie-rap ciphers ("Never 2ndary").