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The Mendoza Line, 'Fortune' (Bar/None)

Folk rockers use words like "empirical".

The Mendoza Line are six brainy Brooklynites subletting a tiny one-bedroom on the fine line between sophisticated art-pop and insular indie rock.

The Lady Killer: An Interview with the Killers' Brandon Flowers

The Missionary Position: Jersey Boy Ted Leo Joins the Good Fight

Dizzee Rascal, 'Showtime' (XL)

Brit rapper doles out sophomore slaps.

It's a hip-hop truism--the first album is the one where you get the most bragging done. The follow-up?

Elliot Smith, 'From a Basement on the Hill' (Anti-)

The folk-punk hero fights his farewell battle.

Suicide, especially when a celebrity is involved, is inevitably viewed by pundits as a cop-out--an ungrateful denial of the human covenant. Unlike the rest of us, say, who still nobly scrape by with so little, the deceased quit cold, despite having had so much.This rather ungenerous piety was heard years ago when Kurt Cobain ended his stint as generational seraph.

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