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Shapes and Sizes don't play songs as much as teeter toward them, frequently finding grand, cabaret-style moments in their slipshod quest for inspiration.

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A quick taste of the Sea and Cake's sighing voices and moonlit guitars could raise suspicions of a simple chill-out session. But after a decade-plus in action, Sam Prekop's crew have mastered a more intricate approach, seasoning their gently introspective tales of "distracted and lazy" lovers with stronger ingredients.

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Joell Ortiz, the latest artist signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath imprint, is well aware of his niche. On "Hip Hop," he raps, "I don't try to make you dance / I rip beats." And on this warm-up to his major-label debut, the spirited rapper breezes through four 125-bar epics -- the average song contains 48.

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Megadeth have never adapted their razor-edged shredding to straight-up arena rock as well as Metallica, and even their most ferocious '80s efforts felt a little unresolved. The band has always had a general political awareness, but United Abominations is Dave Mustaine's serious stab at protest rock, and the results are similarly mixed.