Liam Finn

Kaleidoscopic pop from an Antipodean one-man band.
Photographed for SPIN by Phillip Simpson

Unlike many celebrity spawn, 24-year-old Liam Finn is actually quite comfortable discussing his famous father, former Split Enz and current Crowded House tunesmith Neil Finn. "I'm proud of him," says the scraggly-bearded New Zealander, relaxing after a packed show at the Los Angeles club Spaceland.

Sean Lennon, 'Friendly Fire' (Capitol)

Beatle's son eases a little further out of his dad's shadow.

Reminiscent of half-brother Julian's undervalued 1999 album Photograph Smile, Lennon's sophomore outing is a whole step up from his debut, Into the Sun. On this uniformly pleasant affair, John's son struggles, with surprising success, to overcome the burden of surname-related expectations.

Breaking Out: Giant Drag

Critics in Britain are hailing the advent of a new grunge movement, with Giant Drag at its core
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