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Andy Partridge: XTC "Well and Truly in the Fridge"

Fri: 02-09-07: 04:30 PM CST
Dungen's New Record, Now With 100% More Title

Fri: 02-09-07: 03:30 PM CST
Strokes' Hammond, Jr. Adds Tour Dates

Fri: 02-09-07: 03:00 PM CST
The Shins Expand Tour

Fri: 02-09-07: 02:15 PM CST
Arcade Fire Pick Patrick Wolf, Electrelane to Open Tour

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Deerhunter:
Cryptograms

This Atlanta five-piece's shimmering Kranky debut is alternately murky and ethereal, drawing equal influence from classic shoegaze, early Factory Records LPs, and the enigmatic ambient recordings with which it shares a label. Sequenced into two distinct halves-- the first an intensely gorgeous, blissed-out paean to Sonic Youth guitar squall, Spacemen 3's blissful hymns, and Harold Budd's collaborations with Brian Eno, the second a lush exploration of focused, crystalline dream-pop-- Cryptograms shifts between impressionistic, reverb-saturated reverie and psych-heavy pop gems. [Marc Hogan]

Fri: 02-09-07:
The Jam / Paul Weller
Direction Reaction Creation / Hit Parade

Two ways of approaching the career of Paul Weller: an all-inclusive box set, finally issued in the U.S. years after its UK release, and a single-disc Yep Roc comp that briefly touches on every aspect of the mod revivalist and proto-Britpop superstar. [Joe Tangari]

Fri: 02-09-07:
The Apples in Stereo
New Magnetic Wonder

The Apples in Stereo's first album since 2002's The Velocity of Sound continues Robert Schneider's superficial debt to ELO's late-70s prog-pop. [Eric Harvey]

Young Widows: Settle Down City
Former members of Breather Resist come together over sludgy bass and noisy, brittle guitars, riffing on influences including the Jesus Lizard and June of 44.
[Jason Crock]

The Ruby Suns: The Ruby Suns
Memphis Industries issues the promising but spotty debut by Ryan McPhun's Pet Sounds-inspired septet. [Eric Harvey]

Cougar: Law
A year after its UK release, Milwaukee-based instrumentalists' debut hits the U.S., full to the brim with digitally precise percussive landscapes and mesmerizing acoustic ballads. [Liz Colville]

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Fri: 02-09-07:
Column: Get That Out Of Your Mouth #32

Does the internet know more about Star Wars than about the continent of Africa?

[Chris Dahlen]

Thu: 02-08-07:
Guest List: Deerhunter
Deerhunter's Bradford Cox recalls his sixth-grade passion for the Breeders, discusses the joys of thrift shopping in the south, and assures us that he's not on heroin. [Interview: Tyler Grisham] [Bradford Cox]

Wed: 02-07-07:
Live: Bloc Party
Kele Okereke brings his big, spacious songs-- angular guitar riffs, hyper-kinetic drums, and soaring emo choruses-- to a spacious London theatre. [Bret Gladstone]

Tue: 02-06-07:
Live: Sufjan Stevens
The indie superstar visits Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center and, assisted by members of the Opera House Orchestra, attempts a once-in-a-lifetime performance. [Patrick Foster]

Mon: 02-05-07:
Live: The Arcade Fire
The Arcade Fire help launch the global push for their huge, sublime second album-- the highly anticipated Neon Bible-- in a small, elegant 1920s municipal building more usually host to chess tournaments, warehouse sales, and dinner-dance fundraisers. [Stephen Troussé]

Fri: 02-02-07:
Column: Puritan Blister #23
A close look at Danielson: A Family Movie reveals an engrossing portrayal of a complicated artist giddily toting immense cultural baggage and creating art that seems both damaged and damage-controlled. [William Bowers]

Thu: 02-01-07:
Live: The Good, the Bad & the Queen
Damon Albarn and his newly formed supergroup open their 2007 tour in Bristol by headlining an intimate, unique music hall-like variety show set in a former church. [Bret Gladstone]

Wed: 01-31-07:
Column: Show No Mercy
We speak to members of Antaeus and Wold, two bands responsible for the best metal records so far this year. [Brandon Stosuy]