Here’s our take on the best and worst new releases of the week:
M.I.A., MAYA
Point, click, shoot: M.I.A.’s provocative immigrant songs give way to musings on love in the age of iPhones.
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Korn, Korn III: Remember Who You Are
For those who loved Korn II: Electric Boogaloo…
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Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul
Entrancing transmission from the grim beyond.
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Compact Discs: Sound of the Future
Paul Wall, Heart of a Champion
If his teeth are shining, he’s not complaining.
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Crowded House, Intriguer
New Zealand pop icon cozies up to the hearth.
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The Love Language, Libraries
Scruffy dramatist builds a wounded Wall of Sound.
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Jay Bennett, Kicking at the Perfumed Air
Late Wilco collaborator raises his final glass.
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School of Seven Bells, Disconnect From Desire
Gorgeously hazy drift takes more familiar shape.
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Sun Kil Moon, Admiral Fell Promises
Master of mopey tableau strips down his anguish.
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