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21. Shrapnel

    Space Case

    Letos entertain you

    By Simona Rabinovitch

    Published: February 22, 2007

    "I think we all strive for some sort of identity or knowing of self," says 30 Seconds to Mars drummer Shannon Leto from his car in Los Angeles. "The way to go about it can be a...

22. Film

    The Good East German

    A.K.A.: When your hero is a Stasi spy

    By Rob Nelson

    Published: February 22, 2007

    We Americans complain of Big Brother's unblinking eye in the post-Patriot Act, corporate e-mail era — as well we should. But, as The Lives of Others makes plain, things...

23. Home Grown

    Big Pete Pearson

    I'm Here Baby
    (Blue Witch Records)

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Born in 1936 in Jamaica, raised in Texas, and based in Phoenix, Big Pete Pearson is proof that the blues (as a flourishing, vibrant form) is not dying of old age and House of...

24. Listen Up

    Field Music

    Tones of Town
    (Memphis Industries)

    By Tim Grierson

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Brothers Peter and David Brewis may have an unerring knack for melodic hooks, but full songs prove a trickier proposition for them. Two-thirds of Field Music, the Brewises...

25. Listen Up

    Gui Boratto

    Chromophobia
    (Kompakt)

    By Dominic Umile

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Dense with vivid, lively chirp patterns, Gui Boratto's debut full-length offers authentic dance-floor splendor. The Brazilian producer's use of summery melodies on the diverse...

26. Listen Up

    Keller Williams

    Dream (Dig)
    (Sci Fidelity)

    By j. poet

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Keller Williams, the one-man jam band, is known for his ability to get the sound of a full orchestra out of his acoustic guitar using a variety of pedals and loops. On Dream,...

27. Listen Up

    Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter

    Like, Love, Lust, & The Open Halls of the Soul
    (Barsuk)

    By Aaron Burgess

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Seattle singer-songwriter Jesse Sykes has long been uncomfortable with critical responses to her music as dark, lonely, and deeply depressed; instead (as she's taken to...

28. Listen Up

    Saliva

    Blood Stained Love Story
    (Island)

    By Justin P. Farrar

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Saliva's rote fusion of rap metal, grunge, and alt rock should've died before the turn of the century, but it never has. Amazingly enough, the more generic and obsolete the...

29. Listen Up

    The Silos

    Come on Like the Fast Lane
    (Bloodshot)

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: February 22, 2007

    For two decades, Walter Salas-Humera and his Silos have been one of the leading lights of Americana music. Sadly underappreciated, the New York-based Silos have released more...

30. Live Wire

    The Who

    It's them, that's who

    By Ed Masley

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Okay, so that comeback album never quite came back, stalling out on the quality trail somewhere between It's Hard and Roger Daltrey's latest solo album. And the band's down to...

31. Live Wire

    Rock Star: Supernova

    Fake band: hyperreality

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Think about how many reality-TV-show marriages have ended in divorce — and then think about how many groups created in the artificial light of television (The Monkees, The...

32. Live Wire

    The Pussycat Dolls

    They're, um, opening for Christina

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Until some impresario rounds up a troupe of working prostitutes to personally give each audience member a hand job, you're not going to get a better wet-dream marketing triumph...

33. Live Wire

    Shooter Jennings

    Still putting the "o" back

    By Ed Masley

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Having a musical legend you call dad can be a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you don't have to go on American Idol to get the industry's attention. On the other hand,...

34. Needle Exchange

    Kindergarten Rave

    Bring your blankie

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Mommy and Daddy? We've been really good lately, so can we go on a field trip with our bestest buddies to the Kindergarten Rave on Saturday, February 24? Don't worry, there'll...

35. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: February 22, 2007

    Thursday 22 Axis/Radius: Ladies' Night (hip-hop, rock, dance) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (various) Blue Note: DJ Soloman, & Fredj (acid jazz, house) Bobby C's:...

36. What's Selling

    Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums, in the ASU Memorial Union building in Tempe

    Chart-busters for the week

    Published: February 22, 2007

    1. The Shins, Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop) 2. Bloc Party, Weekend in the City (Vice Records) 3. John Mayer, The Village Sessions (Sony BMG) 4. Fall Out Boy, Infinity...