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	Listen Up! The Singles Roundup
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	Interview: Benjy Ferree
Listen: "In the Countryside" Benjy Ferree is, by his own admission, a terrible actor. Which is lucky for us, because if it weren't for that, he never would have become a singer-songwriter *...more*

	Interview: Dr. Dog
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	Column: Freak-Folk Grows Up
The recent folk revival—lead by such "freak"-y personages as slippery boho Devendra Banhart and elfin harp virtuoso Joanna Newsom—might be discovering the virtues of good old-fashioned pop songcraft *...more*


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feature archives
The Album Leaf	Ambulance LTD
Anti-Flag	Avenged Sevenfold
Baldwin Brothers	Band of Horses
Bassnectar	Be Your Own Pet
Ben Gibbard	Billy Miles
Blockhead	The Black Keys
Bow Wow	Boy Kill Boy
Brian McKnight	British Sea Power
Cat Empire	Cameron Crowe
Cheap Trick	Cherish
Chingy	Chris Mills
Christina Milian	Cut Chemist
Colossus	CSS
The Czars	Dead to Me
Decemberists	Deep Dish
Ditty Bops	Eagles of Death
Eleni Mandell	Everclear
The Game	Garbage
G. Love	Giant Drag
Godsmack	The Grates
Har Mar Superstar	Hawthorne Heights
Henry Rollins	The Hold Steady
Ima Robot	Hybrid
Jack Dangers	James Blunt
James McMurtry	Jibbs
Jimmy Eat World	Josh Rouse
Josh Wink	Kaki King
Kasabian	Kevin Federline
Kings of Leon	k-os
Lacuna Coil	Lady Sovereign
Latoya London	Le Tigre
LeToya	Lil Boosie
Lil Jon	Lostprophets
Love Arcade	Ludacris
Monica	Mary J Blige
Margot/Nuclear...	MXPX
Ne-Yo	New Found Glory
Perseph's Bees	Pinback
Pink Spiders	Psapp
Queensryche	Michelle Shocked
Ray J	Razorlight
Relient K	Rhymefest
Richie Havens	Rihanna
Rise Against	Scissor Sisters
Sergio Mendes	Sevendust
Silversun Pickups	Simple Plan
Snow Patrol	Soulkid#1
Stephen Marley	The Stranglers
Stewart Copeland	Story of the Year
Susan Tedeschi	TakingBackSunday
T-Pain	Tegan and Sara
Theory/Deadman	Thievery Corp.
Three Days Grace	Thunderball
Trail of Dead	Weezer
The Who	William Shatner
The Wreckers	Young Dro
Yung Joc	Zero 7

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editor's picks

Listen:

The Postmarks - "Goodbye"

The Fratellis - "Flathead"

Loney, Dear - "I Am John"

Explosions in the Sky - "Welcome, Ghosts"

The View - "Wasted Little DJs"

Amy Winehouse - "You Know I'm No Good (feat. Ghostface Killah)"

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Love Song No. 7"

Malajube - "Montreal -40 C"

Fujiya & Miyagi - "Ankle Injuries"

Money Mark - "Pick Up the Pieces"

Mims - "This is Why I'm Hot (Remix)"

Bitter:Sweet - "Dirty Laundry (Skeewif Mix)"

Watch:

Snoop Dogg - "Candy (feat. E-40, MCEiht, Goldie Loc, Daz & Kurupt)"

k-os - "Elektrik Heat"

Rob Crow - "I Hate You, Rob Crow"

No More Kings - "Sweep the Leg"

Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"

Islands - "Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby"

Teddybears - "Punkrocker (feat. Iggy Pop)"

Peter Bjorn and John - "Young Folks"

Lily Allen - "Smile"

Fall Out Boy - "The Carpal Tunnel of Love"

on the verge: Malajube


Canada has produced more than its fair share of terrific pop-rock bands, but Malajube stand apart. A Quebec band that sings almost entirely in Quebecois French, this lively quintet (guitarist/keyboardist Renaud Bastien joined after their latest round of publicity photos) makes melodic, garagey rock with a smidgen of post-punk noise and a soupçon of '70s glam theatrics. You might be tempted to sing along—even if you can't understand a word of it. Listen: "Montreal -40 C" News: Malajube Embark on First U.S. Tour

artist picks: Clinic


There are experimental bands, and then there's Clinic, a four-piece from Liverpool with a sound as hard to pin down as a blob of mercury. Since describing Clinic's music is next to impossible, we tried the next best thing: We got singer-guitarist Ade Blackburn to list some of his favorite and most influential albums. If you're looking for a road map through the wilds of deconstructed, psycedelic art-rock, this is it.
	Archie Bronson Outfit Derdang Derdang
"ABO are now getting the recognition they deserve. Truly unique psych-blues, one of the best British bands in a long long time."
	Lucifer Lucifer
"Maybe the best reissue of '06. Addictive Residents-style melodies played by a deranged pub rock band."
	Scott Walker The Drift
"Absolute disregard for conventional structures and/or commercialism."
	Pat Kilroy Light of Day
"Undiscovered acid folk that actually exceeds that category for weirdness."
	Tom Waits Orphans
"Brawlers, bawlers and bastards."
	Vetiver To Find Me Gone
"Inspired, sounds like pure enjoyment."
Click here for the rest of Ade's picks.

Check Out Past Artist Picks From:
311	Alanis Morissette
The Album Leaf	Alien Ant Farm
All-American Rejects	Bebel Gilberto
Bitter:Sweet	Black Eyed Peas
Bloc Party	Bryan Adams
Buckcherry	Calexico
Camera Obscura	Catfish Haven
The Darkness	Doves
Drive-By Truckers	Embrace
Fall Out Boy	Feist
Gilby Clarke	Hem
Hinder	The Horrors
Huey Lewis	Imogen Heap
Jack's Mannequin	Jordan Pruitt
Joanna	Tommy Keene
Kelly Osbourne	Kulcha Don
The Lashes	Lil Scrappy
Mason Jennings	Mobb Deep
MIMS	The Mother Hips
Mountain Goats	Mushroomhead
Natalie	Oranger
The Panic Channel	The Postal Service
Slumber Party Girls	Seether
Soundtrack of Our Lives	Stephen Yerkey
Taylor Hicks	Three 6 Mafia
Transplants	Violent Femmes
Wakefield	We Are Scientists
Weird Al Yankovic	World Party