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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
