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21. Niki's Pick

    Wired All Wrong

    Break Out the Battle Tapes
    (Nitrus)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: February 15, 2007

    Is there such a thing as "fate" in musical collaborations? There is if you're former sElf frontman Matt Mahaffey and former God Lives Underwater guru Jeff Turzo. The pair came...

22. Home Grown

    Terminal 11

    Additions to Arsenal/ Live in Slovenia
    (Phthalo)

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: February 15, 2007

    In simple terms, Terminal 11 is known as a laptop DJ. However, placing such a generic label on a driving creative force in experimental electronic music implies that he uses...

23. Home Grown

    DJ Seduce

    Foreign Affair: Volume One
    (www.diversefimusic.com)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: February 15, 2007

    DJ Seduce's masterful mashup of Afrobeats, Brazilian jazz, Latin funk, and downtempo grooves — injected with the occasional flamenco guitar, bongo breakdown, piano jam,...

24. Listen Up

    The Broken West

    I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
    (Merge)

    By Tim Grierson

    Published: February 15, 2007

    After being together for more than two years as The Brokedown, this L.A. quintet recently changed its name because of complaints from a similarly monikered band. Now christened...

25. Listen Up

    Xavier Rudd

    Food in the Belly
    (Anti)

    By Aaron Burgess

    Published: February 15, 2007

    An Australia-born, Canada-based one-man band who made his global debut with a 2001 album recorded (and titled) Live in Canada, Xavier Rudd is only now debuting stateside —...

26. Listen Up

    The Apples in Stereo

    New Magnetic Wonder
    (Yep Roc)

    By Ed Masley

    Published: February 15, 2007

    Robert Schneider is up to his usual tricks on The Apples' first album in five long years, assembling effervescent pop gems from the echoes of his favorite records of the...

27. Listen Up

    Bloc Party

    A Weekend in the City
    (Vice)

    By Ed Masley

    Published: February 15, 2007

    How do you follow a million- selling debut effort that music mag NME named "Album of the Year"? If you're Bloc Party, maybe you throw in some moodier moments and send out for...

28. Locals Only

    Via Vengeance

    And the portions are so small

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: February 15, 2007

    Not only does Shane Ocell play all the instruments in Via Vengeance, but he plays them all at once. With his Gibson guitar on his lap, he sits behind his drum set and feeds...

29. Live Wire

    The Autumn Defense

    Good influences

    By Ed Masley

    Published: February 15, 2007

    Since striking out on their own as The Autumn Defense, Wilco bassist John Stirratt and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone have seen their soft-rock side compared in Rolling...

30. Live Wire

    Red Sparowes

    Thick and twisty

    By Chris Parker

    Published: February 15, 2007

    Between Pelican and Sigur Rós lie Red Sparowes, whose epic instrumentals have the ability to pummel you, but instead lull you into submission with rich sonic washes as...

31. Live Wire

    Helmet

    Hurts in a good way

    By Matthew Neff

    Published: February 15, 2007

    Do you enjoy getting down to brass tacks? Or are you more of a steel fan? Tacks not big enough for you? Then how about a massive, industrial-strength, steel-bore drill manned...

32. Live Wire

    Madeleine Peyroux

    Falling over in the forest

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: February 15, 2007

    Georgia-born and French-raised Madeleine Peyroux has a voice that could calm crying babies or a venue packed with jazz-hungry fans, but that doesn't mean she puts on a great...

33. Needle Exchange

    All Girls Rule #5

    Taco's turn

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: February 15, 2007

    Don't get us wrong: We're definitely down with all the old-school jams getting dropped during the off-the-chain hip-hop history lesson known as Take Me Back Tuesdays at Stray...

34. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: February 15, 2007

    Thursday 15 Axis/Radius: Ladies' Night (hip-hop, rock, dance) Bikini Lounge: Scratchy Rekkid Night with DJ Shane Kennedy (various) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cat Eye:...

35. What's Selling

    Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 3851 East Thunderbird Road

    Chart-busters for the week

    Published: February 15, 2007

    1. The Shins, Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop) 2. Authority Zero, 12:34 (Big Panda Records) 3. Nelly Furtado, Loose (Geffen Records) 4. Tech N9ne, Everready (Strange...