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The Ponys' wonderfully visceral sound comes from playing amps as much as songs, which means recording values are particularly make-or-break for this Chicago foursome.

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Many acts have tackled hip-hop from a rock mind-set, but most get mired in the sticky thicket of authenticity, i.e., is it real?

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Reeling from bassist Chris Saathoff's death in a 2004 hit-and-run, Chin Up Chin Up finished their sublimely hooky debut, We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers, by culling his parts from rehearsal tapes.

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What kind of art does America want when the country falls on hard times -- say, an increasingly unpopular war? One theory is that the public will escape from current events through pure nostalgia. Another line of thinking says people will develop a newfound appetite for introspective, artistically meaningful entertainment that mirrors their somber mood.