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21. Film

    The Sundance Kids

    For alumni of America's most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: February 1, 2007

    One morning, Gary Walkow was suddenly transformed into a successful Hollywood filmmaker. Gone were the hat-in-hand searches for financing, the deferred salaries, the long...

22. Shrapnel

    Swift Success

    From farmer's daughter to hitmaker

    By Robert Hicks

    Published: February 1, 2007

    When Taylor Swift first hit Nashville, she faced competition from many aspiring female country stars with beautiful faces and large voices. She had bigger ideas. "I had to...

23. Shrapnel

    Five Long Years

    Great Smoky songwriter

    By Rob Trucks

    Published: February 1, 2007

    For all intents and purposes, Mark Linkous is Sparklehorse. And yet, despite a welcome move to a western North Carolina mountaintop and noteworthy assists from Tom Waits,...

24. Live Wire

    G. Love & Special Sauce

    You can call him G.

    By Tracy M. Rogers

    Published: February 1, 2007

    G. Love and his Philly compadres Special Sauce may be one of the most unique musical acts to come to the fore of the indie scene in the last two decades. Marrying Beastie...

25. Live Wire

    Spyro Gyra

    Still not a Greek pasta dish

    By Rob Trucks

    Published: February 1, 2007

    Though no one's sure of the exact date, sometime in 1974, in the cold, cold town of Buffalo, New York, a young jazz combo by the name of Spyro Gyra hit the stage. Since then,...

26. Live Wire

    The Four Horsemen Tour

    Coming soon to an apocalypse near you

    By Tracy M. Rogers

    Published: February 1, 2007

    While promoters may have dubbed the tour featuring Guy Clark, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, and John Hiatt "The Four Horsemen Tour," a better name might have been "Three Texans and a...

27. Live Wire

    MC Lars

    Postpunkitude

    By Emily Zemler

    Published: February 1, 2007

    Dubbed a "post-punk laptop MC," Brooklyn musician MC Lars has almost initiated a new form of music with his fast-talking, rap-ish songs about pop culture. With his compositions...

28. Listen Up

    The Shins

    Wincing the Night Away
    (Sub Pop)

    By Ed Masley

    Published: February 1, 2007

    The Shins have gone heavy on atmosphere, light on the rocking on Wincing the Night Away, which only makes it that much more effective on those rare occasions in which they do...

29. Listen Up

    Norah Jones

    Not Too Late
    (Blue Note)

    By Tracy M. Rogers

    Published: February 1, 2007

    Norah Jones may have begun her career as the leader of the new-jazz movement, but subsequent releases have proven the chanteuse equally — if not more — in tune with...

30. Needle Exchange

    Style Council

    Scoot on down

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: February 1, 2007

    Oi! If you're a hepcat scooter kid looking for somewhere to take your Vespa, head for the George & Dragon English Restaurant and Pub, 4240 North Central Avenue, on Wednesday,...

31. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: February 1, 2007

    Thursday 1 Blue Note: DJs Soloman, & Fred J, & guests (lounge, hip-hop) Bobby C's: Willie B (old school R&B) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cat Eye: Punk Rock Thursdays...

32. What's Selling

    The top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 2510 West Thunderbird Road

    Chart-busters for the week

    Published: February 1, 2007

    1. The Shins, Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop) 2. Stone Sour, Come What(ever) May (Roadrunner Records) 3. Eminem Presents, The Re-Up (Shady Records) 4. Saliva, Blood...