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Shrapnel
Siouxsie's Arctic Blast
London chilling
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: March 22, 2007
"I may be an ice queen, but I like it fucking hot," Siouxsie Sioux says from the stage at London's Royal Festival Hall, site of the Dreamshow concert DVD (Rhino). The disc was...
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Film
Forget Gun Control
Who better to save American than an armed Mark Wahlberg? Seriously
By Scott Foundas
Published: March 22, 2007
In the same week that sees Adam Sandler playing a grieving 9/11 widower in Reign Over Me, another lone figure reeling from post-traumatic stress fills the central role in the...
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Music
Everyone Gets a Deal!
The son of Napster moves to sign every unsigned band on Earth
By David Downs
Published: March 22, 2007
If you want to get rich during a gold rush, you don't go digging for gold. The guaranteed money is in picks, axes, wheelbarrows, and the land deeds that surround the boom. Only...
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Niki's Pick
Echo & The Bunnymen
The Very Best of Echo & The Bunnymen: More Songs to Learn and Sing
(Rhino)By Niki D'Andrea
Published: March 22, 2007
British post-punks/pre-New Wavers Echo & The Bunnymen released Songs to Learn and Sing in 1985, and 10 of the tracks that made the first comp are included here, most notably...
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The Fall
Reformation Post T.L.C.
(Narnack)By Mark Keresman
Published: March 22, 2007
Sharon Stone makes another movie, bands of the 1978-1982 epoch reunite, technology advances, trans-fats are banned — yet The Fall persevere, with Mark E. Smith the sole...
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Religious Knives
Remains
(No Fun)By Ray Cummings
Published: March 22, 2007
This ain't a scene, it's a bottomless, underground-market glut: '00s noise upstarts spinning off fly-by-night collabos à la '80s Marvel Comics limited series. Members of...
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Modest Mouse
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
(Sony)By Annie Zaleski
Published: March 22, 2007
Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr knows a little something about dealing with strong-willed vocalists (ahem, Morrissey), so it's no surprise that his contributions to the...
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Various Artists
Johnny Greenwood is the Controller
(Trojan/Sanctuary)By j. poet
Published: March 22, 2007
During its heyday in the '70s, reggae powerhouse Trojan Records never released an album in the U.S., but Trojan imports were must-haves for every serious reggae collection....
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Live Wire
Chris Robley
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: March 22, 2007
Musicians working solo in the singer/songwriter category don't have it easy — the label alone scares off a lot of listeners, thanks to a stigma of ceaseless sameness and...
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Live Wire
Xiu Xiu
Painfully alone for a reason, maybe
By Matthew Neff
Published: March 22, 2007
The kings and queen of raw, naked pain and quavering, sheltered emotionalism will bring their irresistibly precious brand of experimental indie pop to the Valley next Sunday....
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Live Wire
Angélique Kidjo
Out of Africa
By Steve Jansen
Published: March 22, 2007
Listening to Angélique Kidjo's forthcoming album, Dijn Dijn (Razor & Tie), is like attending a crash course in World Music 101. Her 11th full-length, scheduled for a May...
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Live Wire
Lovedrug
New side effects
By Julie Seabaugh
Published: March 22, 2007
When indie-rock radio embraces a song before a band has even released a proper full-length — which is what happened to Lovedrug and the ethereal "Down Towards the Healing"...
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Needle Exchange
A Case of the Tuesdays
School night, schmool night
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: March 22, 2007
When they aren't busy letting loose in Black Rock City, local Burning Man freaks DJ Kodama and Chromatest J. Pantsmaker (a.k.a. the Salacious BeatSlingers) have been giving...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing
Who's spinning what, where and when
Published: March 22, 2007
Thursday 22 Axis/Radius: Ladies' Night (hip-hop, rock, dance) AZ 88: Mr. P-Body (synth pop, electro) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (various) Blue Note: DJ Soloman, &...
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