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Noise Live: Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Black Dice/Liars/Devendra Banhart

1/9/04
Hammerstein Ballroom
New York City

Belle and Sebastian, 'Fans Only' (Matador)

With Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Scottish über-wallflowers Belle and Sebastian finally went from crayons to perfume, sharpening their hooks and addressing adult concerns (such as the sexuality of Mets catcher Mike Piazza).

Lambchop, 'AWCMON', 'NOYOUCMON' (Merge)

Indie-country pranksters punch the clock.

Wry Nashville twang-pimps Lambchop defy easy definitions the way George “No Show” Jones used to frustrate concert promoters. Indie rockers to the core (sample song title: “I Sucked My Boss’s Dick”), they nonetheless flout the Tao of Lo-Fi.

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