Damone, 'Out Here All Night' (Island)

Metal-tinged pop rock for serious teens.

Makes sense that the title track has graced a Fox sitcom, as these way-too-polished metallic power-poppers traffic in post-teen earnestness while finding the common ground between Slayer and a Kewpie doll.

The Wildhearts, 'The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed!' (Gut Import)

Geniuses in tight leather pants.

For better, not worse, the Wildhearts may be the least fashionable band in rock’n’roll: too metal for pop fans, too pop for metalheads, fun but not necessarily funny. And they’ve made the catchiest hard-rock record you’ll hear this year.

Noise Live: The Strokes

10/29/03

 

10/29/03
The Theater at Madison Square Garden
New York City

 

Cocky!

"Gimme a D!,” Justin Hawkins implores the
"Gimme a D!,” Justin Hawkins implores the 40,000-strong crowd at the Leeds Festival. “Gimme an arkness!”

 

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