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Issue: April 23, 2009
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  1. playlist

    BOB MOULD

    Life and Times (Anti-)

    By Peter S. Scholtes
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Has any voice been done worse by production than Bob Mould's? In retrospect, the best thing about his 2005 return to guitar rock after an electronica sidebar was the Auto-Tune...

  2. Bsides

    Black Kids Contradict Themselves

    By Michael Roberts
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Among the first original songs penned by Black Kids frontman Reggie Youngblood were birthday tributes meant to impress girls who'd gotten a rise out of him, so to...

  3. Film

    Fighting goes down for the count

    By Scott Foundas
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Writing about A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, the 2006 debut film by director Dito Montiel, I likened it to the sort of crude but fascinating object one might find in an...

  4. Critics' Picks

    Man Man,The Boom Boom Box, Giggle Party

    Friday, April 24, at The Lounge on Elm Street

    By Doug Davis
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, if I may direct your attention to the center of the Big Top stage: Man Man's musical three-ring circus is sure to...

  5. playlist

    Crystal Antlers

    Tentacles (Touch and Go)

    By Spencer Kornhaber
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Jonny Bell has a gullet-shredding yell that'd fit in just fine with your average hardcore outfit. But his band's music makes it tough to imagine the guy performing anywhere...

  6. Film

    Sugar finds the sweet spot

    By Melissa Anderson
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck have transformed some of the saggiest, most clichéd genres with smarts, non-screechy politics, superb acting and visual beauty. Though, on...

  7. Critics' Picks

    Franz Ferdinand, Born Ruffians

    Friday, April 24, at House of Blues

    By Doug Davis
    Published: April 23, 2009

    It's been almost five years since dance-rock band Franz Ferdinand played its great first show in Dallas. At that time, the band appeared a distillation of smart, arty new wave...

  8. Critics' Picks

    The Kills, The Horrors

    Saturday, April 25, at the Granada Theater

    By Cory Graves
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Although The Kills' Alison Mosshart has been getting loads of attention of late as the frontwoman for the new Jack White side project The Dead Weather, her full-time gig...

  9. Critics' Picks

    Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom, God Forbid, Municipal Waste

    Sunday, April 26,at the Palladium Ballroom

    By Chris Steffen
    Published: April 23, 2009

    When a band releases six albums in 10 years and fills the gaps with seemingly endless touring, at some point the quality inevitably suffers. So it's fortunate that this year's...

  10. Critics' Picks

    The Gaslight Anthem, Heartless Bastards

    Tuesday, April 28,at the Granada Theater

    By Eric Grubbs
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Earnest, but not earnest like a mall emo band, and punk rock, but edgier than mall punk bands, The Gaslight Anthem, which also throws a heavy dosage of Springsteen into the...

Issue: April 23, 2009
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