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Music
Sign of the Cross
Despite the too-easy, self-deprecating title, David Cross' latest comedy CD -- It's Not Funny -- is a hilarious, diverse look at his life, at politics, and at the world.
by JOHN CARROLL
Music
Albums
Aerosmith
Honkin' on Bobo
2 stars
On Aerosmith's new album Honkin' on Bobo, the five rockers take a positive new step -- the album doesn't sound exactly like the band's last few.
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Music
Not artsy fartsy
Cursive is sick of hearing about Omaha. "It's kind of hard to have any feeling if you read press that mentions Omaha.
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Music
Cutting-Edge Traditionalism
The shape-shifting world of entertainment requires new musicians to bend borders and break with stale conventions.
by JOHN COYNE
Music
Editor's picks
Tami Fertig
Gary Jules
Mad World
Nothing quite nurses a broken heart like a sad piano song.
by 34TH STREET
Music
A 90 Day Case Study
Looking at the 90 Day Men's fourth and latest album, Panda Park, you develop a fascination with the overtly psychedelic cover art.
by JIM NEWELL
Music
Albums
Michael McDermott
Ashes
For all the Jersey folk out there, there's been a change in tides.
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Music
Editors' picks
Tami Fertig:
Arab Strap
Cherubs
Imagine this: a sweet and simple guitar melody floating lazily atop the slow and steady beat of a drum machine -- over and over and over again.
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Music
Coheed my call and listen to this band
Coheed and Cambria is "progressive rock, definitely not run-of-the-mill." Occasionally lumped into emo, or emo-core, the group's rock stylings are comparable to those of close friends and frequent tourmates, Thursday and Thrice.
by JAMES SCHNEIDER
Music
Albums
Ben Kweller
On My Way
Ben Kweller wrote his first album during puberty, lived his adolescence in a recording studio and now, at 22, professes to know life's transcendental truths.
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Music
Split Kicks and bobbing heads
There are very few opportunities -- unless you are showering with them -- to hear a bassist singing.
by EUGENIA SALVO
Music
Online Extra: Michael Franti and Spearhead/Ziggy Marley concert review
The Electric Factory is plastered with red, gold and green posters that invoke the spirit of peace, tolerance and reggae music.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Online Extra: Simple Plan concert review
As it is at any concert featuring a band that has recently been on Total Request Live, the average age of those attending the Simple Plan show couldn't have been over 16, and that's including the small upstairs 21-and-over bar area.
by 34TH STREET
Music
Online Extra: Broken Social Scene concert review
For their third visit to Philadelphia, Broken Social Scene invited their brass section (members of Stars, the night's opening act) on stage for a sultry night of indie rock.
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Music
Editors' picks
Tami Fertig:
The Magnetic Fields
Get Lost
Lest we forget, Magnetic Fields mastermind Stephin Merritt was making records long before 69 Love Songs. That one was okay, but c'mon.
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Music
What if we all did have flying bicycles?
Dave Scher wishes people would dance at shows like they used to. One half of the duo that makes up California-based All Night Radio, Scher remembers his upbringing in Long Beach, California as a time when people danced at shows.
by EUGENIA SALVO
Music
Albums
Lou Reed
Animal Serenade
Warner Brothers
Lou Reed's 5,000th live album, Animal Serenade, shows that the 62-year-old legend can still put on a great show.
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Music
Conspiracy theories
Jazz has long subsisted as an underground music -- an esoteric, impervious art form sheltered from consumer politics.
by JON LEVIN
Music
Behind the Broken Social Scene
Back in 1999, Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew decided to turn their friendship into Broken Social Scene.
by JOHN BROOK
Music
Albums
Carina Round
The Disconnection
Don't let her minor keys and tormented lyrics fool you: Carina Round is one happy camper.
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