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2007 #9
Boys And Girls In America
THE HOLD STEADY
Key Track: Massive Nights
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Having lifted a line from Jack Kerouac’s On The Road for the title of his band’s third album, mainman Craig Finn declared himself more “Sal Paradise than Dean Moriarty”: observer not participant. He’s certainly a singular storyteller –witness Chips Ahoy!’s tale of a clairvoyant girl scoring cocaine with horse-race winnings, or Chillout Tent’s vivid picture of a mushroom trip gone bad. The music was equally disarming: their take on classic American rock by way of Thin Lizzy and AC/DC won over many, including Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe, who described them as his favourite band.

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ALBUMS 1 TO 10

THE ARCADE FIRE
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THE WHITE STRIPES
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ARCTIC MONKEYS
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RADIOHEAD
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THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
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KINGS OF LEON
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THE SHINS
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THE HOLD STEADY
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RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
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ALBUMS 11 TO 20

MODEST MOUSE
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FOO FIGHTERS
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KAISER CHIEFS
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CHERRY GHOST
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INTERPOL
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MANIC STREET PREACHERS
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RILO KILEY
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LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
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BJORK
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THE RUMBLE STRIPS
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ALBUMS 21 TO 30

COLD WAR KIDS
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THE CORAL
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BRIGHT EYES
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PJ HARVEY
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SPOON
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BEIRUT
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RYAN ADAMS
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THE DECEMBERISTS
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ROISIN MURPHY
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THE NATIONAL
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ALBUMS 31 TO 40

SOULSAVERS
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KLAXONS
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NEIL YOUNG
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M.I.A
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HARD-FI
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COMMON
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ROBYN
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FALL OUT BOY
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JONI MITCHELL
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FIELD MUSIC
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ALBUMS 41 TO 50

KEREN ANN
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THE ENEMY
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PATRICK WATSON
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GOGOL BORDELLO
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LUCINDA WILLIAMS
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SIGUR ROS
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KATE NASH
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JUSTICE
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JAMIE T
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STEREOPHONICS
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