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21. playlist

    Atmosphere

    When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: May 8, 2008

    The characters given life by Slug on Atmosphere's new album have unenviable situations, but they're not all "painting that shit gold" (whatever that means): Vagrants, single...

22. Bsides

    Would Morrissey Approve of Bands Like Girl in a Coma Who Take Their Names From His Songs?

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: May 8, 2008

    San Antonio-based Girl in a Coma's 2007 album Both Before I'm Gone is pleasingly versatile: "Their Cell" resembles the swirling pop of Cocteau Twins, and "Clumsy Sky" begins...

23. Film

    David Mamet and His Hero Fight the Power, and Succumb to It, in Redbelt

    By J. HOBERMAN

    Published: May 8, 2008

    David Mamet's Redbelt is a tricky bar brawl—call it the Roundhouse of Games. The writer-director has scarcely abandoned his sense of the movies as an innately duplicitous...

24. Critics' Picks

    Car Stereo (Wars), Sydney Confirm, Genova Vs. Indo

    Saturday, May 10, at The Cavern

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Though it was once chiefly a spot to check out up-and-coming rock bands, The Cavern seems to have found its niche by branching out into hosting local hip-hop and dance events...

25. playlist

    The Lash Outs

    The Lash Outs (Zodiac Killer)

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: May 8, 2008

    From sneering vocals straight off Never Mind the Bollocks to the amped-up 12-bar blues progressions lifted from old Chuck Berry and Gene Vincent 45s, everything about The Lash...

26. Film

    New Blood

    The joys of DIY filmmaking persist in Son of Rambow

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: May 8, 2008

    No adult has ever been able to codify what separates a good movie from a classic. In kid terms, though—those favored by Son of Rambow, a chipper tribute to the cinema as...

27. playlist

    Airline

    Farewell Republica (Self-released)

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Robert Holley, lead singer and principal songwriter of the retro-indie quartet Airline, possesses a dry, off-the-cuff delivery that makes even his most intriguing lyrics come...