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41. Critics' Picks

    Why?, Mount Eerie, Fishboy

    Tuesday, September 9, at Granada Theater

    By Matt Gewolb

    Published: September 4, 2008

    Jangle-rap? Pop 'n' roll? Rock-hop? Whatever the label, Oakland's Why?, the delightfully subversive trio led by Yoni Wolf, raises the bar for innovation yet again with...

42. playlist

    Lee "Scratch" Perry

    Repentance (Narnack)

    By PHIL FREEMAN

    Published: September 4, 2008

    Onstage and in interviews, Lee "Scratch" Perry's persona is a mix of giddy surrealism, folk wisdom, apocalyptic theology and simple crudity (fart jokes, raw sex talk). And...

43. Critics' Picks

    Common, N.E.R.D.

    Wednesday, September 10, at House of Blues

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: September 4, 2008

    Although Common is eager to discuss the future of his burgeoning acting career—"I want you to be able to say, 'Common's one of the great actors of our time,'" he says,...

44. playlist

    Stereolab

    Chemical Chords (4AD)

    By Andrew Stout

    Published: September 4, 2008

    In the '90s, Stereolab albums were charming junkshops selling rock history's neglected treasures, mainly '60s French pop and '70s Krautrock. This decade, on one chirpy release...