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41. Reviewed

    The Horrors

    Primary Colours (XL)

    By Doug Wallen

    Published: May 13, 2009

    Whereas 2007's Strange House found the Horrors meeting the Cramps and the Ramones halfway while singing about Jack the Ripper, its follow-up finds the English youngsters...

42. Reviewed

    John Vanderslice

    Romanian Names (Dead Oceans)

    By Jonathan Kiefer

    Published: May 13, 2009

    On his seventh full-length, indie-rock nice guy John Vanderslice switches labels from longtime home Barsuk to Secretly Canadian imprint Dead Oceans, presumably to avoid...

43. Reviewed

    Wooden Shjips

    Dos (Holy Mountain)

    By John Garmon

    Published: May 13, 2009

    On their second album, local boys Wooden Shjips have entirely abandoned the primitive psych of their previous work, opting for glossy production, anthemic choruses, and a...

44. Hear This

    Mogwai

    By Brian Moss

    Published: May 13, 2009

    Despite stylistic differences, Glasgow's Mogwai and Los Angeles' Dead Meadow both make music that lends itself to mind-altering substances. Since 1996, Mogwai has been crafting...

45. Arthouse

    Arthouse movie listings for May 13-19, 2009

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: May 13, 2009

    Artists' Television Access. Waging a Living: Roger Weisburg's documentary on the lives of low-wage-earning families. Thu., May 14, 7:30 p.m. $6. "Flowers": Joe Golling and Bob...

46. Hear This

    Decemberists

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: May 13, 2009

    Decemberists mainman Colin Meloy must have a dandy record collection. The influences throughout the band's latest opus, The Hazards of Love, are enough to make older prog-heads...

47. Hear This

    Lissy Trullie

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: May 13, 2009

    Pop-radio-ready garage-rock has a(nother) New York face, and this one is much prettier than Julian Casablancas. It belongs to much-hyped Lissy Trullie, the erstwhile model who...

48. BeatBox

    Kraak & Smaak

    By Tim Pratt

    Published: May 13, 2009

    Dutch trio Kraak & Smaak's groove-laden, atmospheric funk returns to San Francisco for a full band set. The group, whose name derives from a Dutch phrase meaning "crunchy and...

49. BeatBox

    Appleblim

    By Ron Nachmann

    Published: May 13, 2009

    The S.F.–based Surefire crew continues to showcase international dubstep innovators this week, hosting Bristol, U.K. producer and DJ Laurie Osbourne, aka Appleblim....

50. Bouncer

    Talking to survivors at Twin Peaks

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: May 13, 2009

    "Excuse me," I said to the man at the end of the bar at Twin Peaks. I was trying to squeeze past him and up the stairs to the ATM on the balcony. It was a close fit, and my...