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Thu: 03-22-07
Panda Bear
Person Pitch

On his third solo outing as Panda Bear, Animal Collective's Noah Lennox balances blossoming melodic pop with wildly experimental sound techniques, hitting on a stunningly unique sound that's both overwhelming and inspirational.

Fri: 04-06-07
Grinderman
Grinderman

With the Bad Seeds on the sidelines, Nick Cave grows a mustache, straps on a guitar, and gets down with his bad self, featuring a handful of Seeds helping out and a few helpings of Stooges-styled flophouse fun.

Mon: 02-05-07
Bloc Party
A Weekend in the City

Roughly two years after their dynamic debut Silent Alarm, Bloc Party are no less earnest and deadly serious, but no less in charge of their craft either.

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Air France
No Way Down EP

Following last year's "Beach Party", Air France deliver another perfect summertime record. The Swedish group's No Way Down-- currently available either digitally or as a Swedish import-- conjures an idyllic world similar to the one on the Avalanches' dazzlingly great Since I Left You, another record that finds wide-eyed delight in sincerity and beauty.

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Bowerbirds
Hymns for a Dark Horse

June 29, 2007
North Carolina duo's debut album will likely garner loads of comparisons to Devendra Banhart and Vetiver, but this brand of folk is more Appalachian than British and less concerned with psychedelia than melody.








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