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  1. Toby Keith "Clancy's Tavern" (Metascore->81) AMG: "His best album in many a moon." bit.ly/tRQl4Q
  2. White Chapel (BBCAm/74) EW: "Prepare for gullet slicing, blood spurting, cop-vs-cop conflict & more blood spurting." bit.ly/vUnOmG
  3. Roots Manuva "4everevolution" (78) DiS: "Intense, cutting & clever, an album that unfolds at a near blistering pace." bit.ly/w4GOeF
  4. Surfer Blood "Tarot Classics" [EP] (Metascore->78) DiS: "The sound of a very good band becoming a great band." bit.ly/sKOD2e
  5. Girl in a Coma's "Smart" (Rolling Stone video) -> bit.ly/uzrNBN Listen to full album at NPR -> n.pr/w4ictS @girlinacoma
  6. Comet Gain "Howl Of The Lonely Crowd" (Metascore->77) Clash "Feck is in untouchable form here." bit.ly/vo9I1m
  7. Dirty Projectors "Mount Wittenberg Orca" [EP] (80) PopMatters: "No one else makes music like this." bit.ly/vSNGMX
  8. Deer Tick "Divine Providence" (73) CoS: "The DT we've always known was behind the chugging, 90 proof country rock." bit.ly/uVux1O
  9. Tom Waits "Bad as Me" (Metascore->88) Clash: "A work of pure, true genius." bit.ly/s1fSJ3
  10. Kelly Clarkson "Stronger" (67) RS: "Clarkson remains a slightly wearying one-note artist...But wow--that voice." bit.ly/sAavUt
  11. The Rum Diary (Metascore->58) Hollywood Reporter: "Not at all unpleasant but neither compelling nor convulsive." bit.ly/sD9Y9r
  12. Official Xbox Mag UK: Why We're Delaying Our Battlefield 3 review -> bit.ly/sc3S1q (I wonder how many others will follow suit? [md])
  13. Coldplay "Mylo Xyloto" (Metascore->57) EW: "What's missing is the innovation that made Viva La Vida so dynamic." bit.ly/tooC9Z
  14. Justice "Audio,Video,Disco" (66) Spin: "Teeters on the edge of self-mockery, not an unfamiliar position for Justice." bit.ly/veWedN
  15. @DaltonKirk Glad to hear it! Looked like you were all having a great time before it happened. Hope it didn't spoil all the fun...
  16. Music Monday: one concise page of essential reading for those who need to know what's happening in the music world -> bit.ly/uhwcAi
  17. Puss in Boots (Metascore->73) THR: "Colorful, clever enough, free of cloying showbiz in-jokes, action-packed." bit.ly/nVvF9m
  18. Music Monday: New Releases, Tours, and Music News bit.ly/qApGjF
  19. Uncharted 3 (Metascore->93, 20 revs) GamesTM: "An invigorating rush of agile gameplay & seamless cinematic spectacle." bit.ly/ncTNuI