The Juan Maclean, 'Less Than Human' (DFA/Astralwerks)
By Michaelangelo Matos 08.04.05 3:00 AM
Don't tell the rock kids, but the newest DFA Records offering isn't punk funk or even revivalist new wave -- it's a techno album, straight up.
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Ol' Dirty Bastard, 'The Definitive Ol' Dirty Bastard Story' (Elektra/Rhino)
Another posthumous comp to make you feel Dirty.
By Will Hermes 08.03.05 3:00 AM
The Ol' Dirty signature is that tremble in his flow -- a seizure vibrato that he deploys like a trumpeter and that sounds as if he's about to explode into a million bugged-out MC fragments.
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Howling at the Moon
We're entering the age of wolf rock. But when exactly did band names start going to the dogs?
By Chuck Klosterman; Spin Staff 08.03.05 3:00 AM
"Will the wolf survive?" asked Los Lobos in 1984, and we still ponder that query 21 years later. At long last, we may have an answer: "Yes, but mostly in small clubs." There are less than 300,000 wolves on the face of the planet and a mere 70,000 in all of North America. The upside, however, is that at least 70 of these are indie-rock bands.
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Dungen, 'Ta Det Lugnt' (Kemado) Dungen, 'Dungen' (Subliminal Sounds)
Psych rock that deserves its own laser light show.
By Adrienne Day 08.02.05 3:00 AM
Since ax-wielding, flesh-piercing Norse gods once ruled Scandinavia, it's not surprising that black metal still thrives today. But while the land of the midnight sun has recently spawned a slew of guitar-shredding warlords, rural southwest Sweden has become a breeding ground for gentler beasts.
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True Grit: More New Brit Rock
Spin's August issue introduces eight new Brit rock bands. Here at SPIN.com, we've got even more clever outfits for your listening and viewing pleasure.
By Brian Raftery 07.29.05 3:00 AM
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Frank Black, 'Honeycomb' (Back Porch/Virgin)
Marriage. Babies. Botanical metaphors. Pixies frontman grows up.
By Andrew Beaujon 07.28.05 3:00 AM
No man should have to scream forever. Except maybe Charles "Frank Black" Thompson, who could make a comfortable living doing nothing but spazzing out with his reconstituted Pixies on the nostalgia circuit. Admirably, though, he keeps trying to redefine his solo work.
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