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  Flogging Molly, 'Speed of Darkness' (Borstal Beat)

  May 31, 2011 – Relocating from Los Angeles to recession-plagued Detroit, Flogging Molly tap directly into the area's working-class anger, but stay in their sonic comfort zone. On this fifth studio album, the group use violin, accordion, and such to make stomping originals feel like traditional Celtic tunes, while on "The Power's Out" and "Rise Up," rabble-rousing frontman Dave King champions defiant hope amid crushing desperation. …
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  My Morning Jacket, 'Circuital' (ATO)

  May 31, 2011 – My Morning Jacket's albums tend to have very specific musical reference points -- Neil Young's cold, high lonesomeness on 2003's It Still Moves or the Radiohead-style jitter of 2005's Z. Last time out, with 2008's Evil Urges, however, the Kentucky quintet wound up in a more complex place. …
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  FIRST LISTEN: Arctic Monkeys' 'Suck It and See'

  May 31, 2011 – Five years since breaking out as Britain's hottest buzz band since the Beatles, Arctic Monkeys have hit a comfortable groove on their new album Suck It and See. The LP won't be available in stores until next week, but the band's label, Domino, is streaming the set in its entirety. Head here to check it out.SPIN's 8-out-of-10 review says "the title track may be the loveliest thingthey've ever recorded.... …
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  FIRST LISTEN: Black Lips' New LP 'Arabia Mountain'

  May 25, 2011 – On their sixth album, Arabia Mountain (out June 7), Black Lips stepped up their game by hiring superproducer Mark Ronson for their most polished collection of garage-rock yet. Ever have a jones to hear snot-nosed punks sing about molested superheroes?? …
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  See Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner Unplugged

  May 25, 2011 – Arctic Monkeys have just started their North American tour, and the British rockers have been debuting songs from their excellent new album Suck It and See. …
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  Foster the People, 'Torches' (StarTime International/Columbia)

  May 23, 2011 – The latest psych-pop upstarts to make a grab for MGMT's discarded headbands, this Los Angeles trio announce themselves as major players with "Pumped Up Kicks," a deceptively mellow ode to a latchkey loner primed to go Columbine. Their debut full-length proves that viral hit wasn't a fluke, as locomotive live beats and star-crossed guitars spar with perpetually pulsating synths. …
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  Foo Fighters Will Rock MTV Movie Awards

  May 20, 2011 – Just in: Foo Fighters will rock the 2011 MTV Movie Awards with a performance of their next single "Walk," from the band's excellent new album Wasting Light. …
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  Arctic Monkeys Rock New Songs in Tour Opener

  May 18, 2011 – "I wanna rock and roll," declared Alex Turner in "Brick by Brick," one of the new songs the Arctic Monkeys played Tuesday night at Washington's 9:30 Club. To judge by the untested material the quartet performed on the opening night of its American tour, the upcoming Suck It and See -- due June 7 -- will be its poppiest and most direct yet. …
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  Nas' 10th LP to Feature Odd Future's Frank Ocean

  May 18, 2011 – For the last two years, Nas has focused on working and touring with Damian "Jr. …
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  Breaking Out: Young the Giant

  May 17, 2011 – With its explosive blend of martial rhythms, dive-bomb guitar chords, and lead singer Sameer Gadhia's emphatic falsetto-to-bellow vocals, Young the Giant's breakthrough single, "My Body," sounds like the work of a band born to rattle rafters. But the frontman insists that isn't so. "We're nice normal dudes who don't take ourselves too seriously," says Gadhia. …
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