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While retaining the meticulous sonics of Beck/Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich, Air's Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel eliminate almost all percussion from their fourth album, streamlining the music's already intimate Gallic lushness and plaintive melodicism.

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Of all the current dance-rock acts, LCD Soundsystem generates grooves that are the most simultaneously disco and punk.

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Few bands play punk-influenced modern rock as proficiently as these amiable Christian dudes, and on their fifth album, the piano-driven anthems that catapulted Relient K from the main stage at Cornerstone to the studios of TRL remain intact.

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After stomping through the late '90s with a punishing aggro-metal attack, Sevendust eased off the throttle during the past few years, even putting out a live acoustic record. It was a good move, though it left their more dogmatic fans hoarse from howling, "Sell-outs!" Unfortunately, Alpha answers the hecklers with an uninspiring return to unrelenting brutality.

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Wolf & Cub distinguish themselves from other canine bands (Wolf Eyes, Wolf Parade, Wolfmother) via a two-drummer lineup, but their secret weapon is whatever the hell bassist Thomas Mayhew is using to mike his cabinet.

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Well, it's 2007 -- what self-respecting artist could spend his whole life as a trip-hop DJ?