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Fri: 05-09-08: 04:40 PM CDT
Wilco, MMJ, Decemberists Get out the Vote

Fri: 05-09-08: 03:40 PM CDT
Photos: YACHT / Mount Eerie [Bergen, Norway; 05/07/08]

Fri: 05-09-08: 02:40 PM CDT
Jarvis Begins to Commence to Start LP, Adds Shows

Fri: 05-09-08: 01:00 PM CDT
Spiritualized Expand North American Tour

Fri: 05-09-08: 12:20 PM CDT
Iggy, M.I.A., Jenny Lewis on Pancake Mountain DVD

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No Age:
Nouns

No Age follow their 2007 EP compilation, Weirdo Rippers, with a gorgeously thick Sub Pop debut-- a hazy, delirious expanse that's friendly and warm and, best of all, unpredictable. Like Times New Viking, No Age bury their addictive sing-alongs in layers of effects and fuzz: Nouns is so cacophonous, so fertile, and so ripe with sound that it's hard to comprehend how just two people manage to make so much noise while still sounding subdued and mysterious. [Amanda Petrusich]

Portishead:
Third

As radical reinventions go, Third-- the first Portishead studio album since 1997-- is surprisingly natural. Darker and bleaker lyrically than their previous work, Third is a sort of re-debut-- the band's sound after it has excised every possible remnant of trip-hop from it. Instead, Third is a psychedelic rock album, with an abrasive and jittery electro-industrial number, analog freakouts, free jazz horns, droning, rhythmically dense garage-kraut, and other sonic detours. [Nate Patrin]

Fri: 05-09-08:
Otis Redding
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Collector's Edition)

Arguably the greatest studio-recorded r&b album of the 1960s is reissued in a 2xCD set that includes both the mono and stereo versions of the Otis Redding classic, along with B-sides, alternate versions, and nearly a dozen live tracks. [Nate Patrin]

Fri: 05-09-08:
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Sunday at Devil Dirt

The second album from odd-couple collaborators Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan feels a touch phony but hardly phoned in. He's got the voice, she's got the songs, and together they take us back to the late 60s. [Joshua Klein]

Eleanoora Rosenholm: Vainajan Muotokuva
From Finland's Fonal, a label typically known for abstract electro-acoustic and improv, comes a trio offering an art-disco rollercoaster. [Andrew Gaerig]

The Strugglers: The Latest Rights
The ruminative, metaphysical bent of North Carolina-based Randy Bickford's alt-countryish musings is only emphasized by his cracked, weary voice, slow-shuffling musical accompaniment, and long lyrical lines. [Joshua Love]

{{{Sunset}}}: Bright Blue Dream
New psych-oriented project from multi-instrumentalist Bill Baird, formerly of Sound Team, is bewildering and messy but often compelling. [Nate Patrin]

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Fri: 05-09-08:
Column: Resonant Frequency #57
Perfect songs are hard to find; here are 12 to start with. [Mark Richardson]

Thu: 05-08-08:
Radiohead: "Nude RE/MIX"
Radiohead's "Nude" remix project is yet another reminder that the age of passive reception of art is on the decline, that eventually we'll all be participating in some way. In this instance, our managing editor Mark Richardson dove into the project, listening to hundreds of tracks to discover common threads and new favorites-- and to try not to lose his mind. [Mark Richardson]

Wed: 05-07-08:
The Month In: Techno
Ths month we examine singles or remixes from such stalwarts as Laurent Garnier [above], Supermayer, Ane Brun, and Daso & Pawas among others. [Philip Sherburne]

Tue: 05-06-08:
Guest List: Peter Morén
Peter Morén introduces us to even more Swedes we hadn't heard of, gets a little jealous of Vampire Weekend, and longs for his chance to spin his favorite tunes on the radio. [Interview: Tyler Grisham] [Peter Morén]

Mon: 05-05-08:
Interview: Les Savy Fav
With the recent digital release of their first live album, After the Balls Drop, Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington speaks to us about apes and witches, CCR, that band that sings "Jeremy", and online taxidermy. [Jason Crock]

Fri: 05-02-08:
Interview: El Perro del Mar
To celebrate the American release of her second El Perro del Mar album, From the Valley to the Stars, we talk to Sarah Assbring about her moniker, her charming 60s pop sensibility, and opening for TV on the Radio. [Stephen M. Deusner]