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Interpol, 'Our Love to Admire' (Capitol)
"Babe, it's time we gave something new a try," Paul Banks sings on "No I in Threesome," a surprisingly amorous track from Interpol's third album.
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The White Stripes, 'Icky Thump' (Third Man/ Warner Bros.)
Jack White makes a lot of strange noises on the appropriately titled Icky Thump: There's an unnerving, high-pitched guitar whine that's straight out of a Tom Morello fakebook (we'll call that one "the Squawk"); a brooding, bubbling-under-the-surface organ hum (to be dubbed "the Surge"); and a discomforting, annoyingly childish yelp (actually, on further examination, t
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Fields, 'Everything Last Winter' (Black Lab)
Not to be confused with Field Music, the Field Mice, the Field, or Korn bassist Fieldy, Fields are a British/Icelandic combo that take typically bright pop particles (male/female harmonies, quavering synth lines) and rearrange them into devastating laments.


