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	Playlist: Imogen Heap
Watch: "Goodnight and Go" The Grammy-nominated electro-pop chanteuse of Frou Frou and "Hide and Seek" fame shares a playlist of her favorite offbeat tunes *...more*

	Interview: The Cat Empire
Watch: "Sly" Yes, they mix ska, funk, rock and hip-hop, but don't call them a jam band. An exclusive interview with Australia's hottest new export, The Cat Empire *...more*

	Fan Interview: The Stranglers
Listen: Suite XVI - Full Album Stream You asked, the men of British punk's most venerable institution answered. Get the inside scoop on their new album -- and which football teams they root for *...more*

	Interview: Eleni Mandell
Listen: "Girls" Critics tie themselves in knots trying to describe Eleni Mandell's jazzy, 3am sound. Her term for it? "Romantic, make-out music." An exclusive interview *...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	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
Everclear	Forward, Russia!
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	Stephen Marley
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: Locksley


Hailing from Brooklyn (by way of Wisconsin), but sounding like a long-lost British invasion band, Locksley are rising to stardom on their own terms. Though the foursome remains unsigned -- their debut album, Don't Make Me Wait, is on the band's own Feature Records -- they're already touring with the likes of The Rapture and OK Go, appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and getting singled out by Rolling Stone as "one of the 25 best bands on MySpace." Oh, yeah -- they're snappy dressers, too. Listen: "Don't Make Me Wait" Read an exclusive Q&A with Locksley

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.

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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	Jack's Mannequin
Joanna	Tommy Keene
Kelly Osbourne	Kulcha Don
The Lashes	Lil Scrappy
Mason Jennings	Mobb Deep
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