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!!! (pronounced "chk-chk-chk") hits its three-year release schedule like clockwork with its third dance-punk album Myth Takes.

by RAFAEL GARCIA

Macy Gray

Perhaps trying too hard to "Finally [Make You] Happy," Macy Gray's most recent album, Big, moves away from Gray's identifiably scratchy brand of R&B/soul towards a more sell-out sound of popular funk.

by KERRY GOLDS

Stevie nicks

Before Britney shaved her head and Madonna abused wigs, there was Stevie Nicks and her static sorceress hairstyles.

by ALEX KWAN

Panda bear

Animal Collective band member Noah Lennox's (aka Panda Bear) cheery third solo album, Person Pitch, is a far cry from his previous album, Young Prayer.

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Rock Academy

A raucous sound will fill the air at the corner of 22nd and Chestnut St. tonight as scores of people line up to see Tokyo Police Club open a sold out show for the Cold War Kids.

by ALEX KWAN

YouTube Clip of the week

Any conversation about the changing nature of music in the face of Myspace, YouTube et al.

by RUBEN BROSBE

Jonny Lives!

Jonny Lives! sounds so much like Weezer, a friend passing by who heard this record playing stopped and asked where this new Weezer single could be found.

by RAFAEL GARCIA

Youtube Clip of the week

Yoshimi and crew throw away the childish eager-to-please vibe of lead single "UMA," from their latest album, Taiga, with this track, the second single off the album.

by LEO C. REILLY

Short Music Reviews

rich boy Rich Boy On his new album, Maurice Richards (under the moniker Rich Boy) attempts to establish his hometown of Mobile, Alabama as the new epicenter of Southern Rap hotness.

by 34TH STREET

Podcasts killed the radio star

In the beginning there was Napster. And it was good. But one day the Recording Industry Association of America decided it didn't really appreciate people getting their product for, you know, free.

by RUBEN BROSBE

broken vista social subscene

In Apostle Of Hustle, Broken Social Scene's lead guitarist, Andrew Whiteman, has finally found the perfect outlet to sport his breathy vocals.

by ALEX KWAN

Classic case

Somewhere between dark and optimistic, Classic Case's latest album Losing at Life is a moody experiment, exploring the gray area between hard rock/grunge and alternative.

by TUSHAR VASHISHT

patriarch

Patriarch - of Palestinian blood, born in San Francisco - exists outside of both the floundering hyphy movement and the indie powder-rap scene of the Bay Area.

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son volt

Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar, whose pioneering work in Uncle Tupelo in the early 1990's (with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy) influenced a host of later artists, brushes his canvas with new colors on an impressive new effort, The Search.

by ANDREW POLLEN

blinded by the light

Here is a preamble: The Arcade Fire is by far my favorite band of the 21st century. Their 2004 debut Funeral changed my life, and as a Montrealer, I have watched the band garner international success and their side projects, Final Fantasy and La Bell Orchestre, grow up with them.

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Youtube Clip of the week

Whistling is like sex.

by COLIN JACOBSEN

Youtube clip of the week

Few artists have gone into hiding with fame on their doorstop like Justin King.

by ANDREW POLLEN

Reviews

Winterpills The Light Divides After the first few tracks off The Light Divides, the Winterpills' new album, you might think you're listening to the Dawson's Creek soundtrack.

by RAFAEL GARCIA

Paging Dr. Dog

When they took the stage at Johnny Brenda's last Friday - their first ever sold-out show - the five men of Dr. Dog were appropriately West Philly in appearance.

by STEVE MCLAUGHLIN

Crowd's eye view

On Saturday evening, February 17th, a sellout crowd at World Caf‚ Live was treated to an entrancing performance by Chris Thile and his prog bluegrass ensemble, the How To Grow A Band, who are currently touring to support Thile's newest album, How to Grow A Woman from the Ground.

by SHANE TEPPER

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