Electric Six, 'Kill' (Metropolis)
Motor City horndogs are back to trash happy hour.
By Josh Modell 10.07.09 5:36 PM
This Detroit band has yet to match the goofy disco-metal glory of 2003's Fire (you'll recall "Danger!
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Bad Lieutenant, 'Never Cry Another Tear' (Triple Echo)
Manchester legend and protégé mope and moon.
By Josh Modell 10.06.09 12:19 PM
Bernard Sumner throws one curveball with his new band, letting unknown Mancunian Jake Evans take a few turns on the mic. Those tracks -- particularly "These Changes" -- heavily echo Doves' forceful melancholy, while the others echo, well, New Order.
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Islands, 'Vapours' (Anti-)
Canadian indie rocker finds his joy in Brooklyn.
By Josh Modell 09.25.09 2:09 PM
Pearl Jam, 'Backspacer' (Monkeywrench)
Ed Ved and the crew crank up the carpe diem to 11.
By Josh Modell 09.22.09 10:43 AM
Conventional wisdom marks 2006's Pearl Jam as the grunge outfit’s reignition point after years without a spark. If that's true, then the first three songs on their ninth full-length are the explosion at the end of an extremely long fuse.
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Lou Barlow, 'Goodnight Unknown' (Merge)
Formerly unfriendly minstrel tidies up act.
By Josh Modell 09.15.09 6:20 PM
Is Lou Barlow leading a three-pronged early-'90s indie-rock resurgence?
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Danko Jones, 'Never Too Loud' (Bad Taste)
Canucks keep their rock hard just long enough.
By Josh Modell 09.01.09 2:04 PM
This Canadian power trio started life garage-y and sex-crazed, and on their fourth album, the latter fully takes precedence, as frontman-namesake Jones proclaims he’s a “leg and ass man” on “Still in High School.” Moments of Never Too Loud -- particularly the slick, Kid Rock–ish “Take Me Home” -- could jar longtime fans, but Jones knows how to throw down odes to rockin’
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