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21. Critics' Picks

    Marc Broussard

    Thursday, April 24, at House of Blues

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: April 24, 2008

    Louisiana-based troubadour Marc Broussard has soul in his genes. The son of acclaimed guitarist Ted Broussard (of the Boogie Kings), Marc has seen his fortunes rise...

22. playlist

    Clinic

    Do It! (Domino)

    By Theon Weber

    Published: April 24, 2008

    Clinic, the Liverpool quartet that's released four albums since its feted 2000 debut, Internal Wrangler, are peculiarly frustrating. They never falter, never radically alter...

23. Bsides

    Despite Comparisons to Too Many Acts, Brooklyn's Yeasayer is Truly Original

    By Rob Trucks

    Published: April 24, 2008

    After their respective graduations from exemplary institutions of higher learning, Yeasayer founders (and high school friends at the Park School in Baltimore) Anand Wilder and...

24. Film

    Harold and Kumar Get Shipped to Gitmo in a Forced Act Two

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: April 24, 2008

    Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle with the novel idea: What if you made a John Hughes movie, but instead of writing garishly...

25. Critics' Picks

    UltraViolet Rock Show & Art Auction featuring El Gato, Lovie, Bridges and Blinking Lights and more

    Saturday, April 26, at Club Dada

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: April 24, 2008

    El Gato and Bridges and Blinking Lights are an excellent pairing—and all the reason you need to show up to this event. Both have released fantastic albums within the past...

26. playlist

    THe BAcksliders

    You're Welcome (Self-released)

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: April 24, 2008

    Led by Kim Pendleton, former singer for Vibrolux (who actually cut a decent album for Polygram in 2001), the typographically challenged BAcksliders wish to pay homage to all...

27. Critics' Picks

    Avett Brothers, Matt Butcher

    Wednesday, April 30, at the Granada Theater

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: April 24, 2008

    I won't name names, but after listening to an album by a certain "alt-bluegrass" combo, a mini-epiphany alighted: Why listen to a half-assed, smug-hipster version of bluegrass...

28. playlist

    Versatile

    Verse The World (Dmani)

    By Pete Freedman

    Published: April 24, 2008

    At his recent album release party, local MC Versatile opened his short performance with an energetic freestyle. The rhymes came fast and furious, and the effort clearly took a...