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Death Cab for Cutie
Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: May 15, 2008
Narrow Stairs sounds just like Plans, right down to the obvious production, weepy lyrics and inoffensive guitar, continuing Death Cab's tradition of aping Morrissey lyrics...
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Bsides
The 15-Piece Dark Meat Collective Isn't Another Polyphonic Spree
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: May 15, 2008
Free-jazz legend Albert Ayler's body was found floating in New York's East River in November 1970, a victim of either suicide or murder (ostensibly due to his association with...
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Film
Short Cuts on Before the Rains and My Brother Is an Only Child
By Tim Grieson
Published: May 15, 2008
Before the Rains Directed by Santosh Sivan. Written by Cathy Rabin and Dan Verete. Starring Linus Roache, Nandita Das and Jennifer Ehle. Opens Friday. British plantation...
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Critics' Picks
Radiohead, Liars
Sunday, May 18, at Superpages.com Center
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: May 15, 2008
Radiohead's only the best live band in the world, as evidenced by the countless in-concert bootlegs (and the sole official release) that way outstrip the studio efforts, even...
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Shibboleth
Experiment in Error (Idol)
By Jesse Hughey
Published: May 15, 2008
To explain Shibboleth's instrumental prowess, one could probably point to the fact that they have been the go-to band for Dallas R&B legend Bobby Patterson's recent live...
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The Police, Elvis Costello and the Impostors
Wednesday, May 21, at Superpages.com Center
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: May 15, 2008
Sorry, but this is heresy—must be a typo, eh? Elvis C. sharing a bill—and opening no less—for that shite lite-jazz-rock trio formerly known as The Police? At...
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Tiger Moth
Tiger Moth EP (Self-released)
By Darryl Smyers
Published: May 15, 2008
Brothers Derek and Glenn Jackson dissolved their last band, the atmospheric, new-wavy Until They Arrive because they wanted to pursue a more rock-oriented direction. Enter...
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