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From the ashes of Kansas emo band the Anniversary (who recorded two increasingly experimental albums before breaking up in 2004), singer/guitarist Justin Roelofs emerges with this wonderfully bizarre solo project.

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If only Incubus would quit trying to sound so damn important. On their sixth album, the veteran California band win you over when they scale back their ambitions. By diverting attention from singer Brandon Boyd's mostly inane lyrics with sun-dazed melodies and a crisp modern-rock sheen, they nail the profundo pop vibe of late-era Chili Peppers.

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You know, the Shins never seemed like the kind of guys who could actually change your life. Even now, when you watch Natalie Portman hand her oversize headphones to Zach Braff and attest to the band's transformative powers (in that infamous scene from Garden State), it feels like a mistake.

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After the high-concept pop art of Gorillaz, it's startling to see Damon Albarn in a rock group again. But the Good, the Bad and the Queen -- his shorthand description of London -- isn't Blur 2.0.