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Reviews: Mos Def, Wilco and More

Mos Def
The Ecstatic
SOUNDS LIKE: Hands down the best thing he’s done since Black on Both Sides (10 years ago!); heaping handful of solid beats.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Are you an actor/rapper or rapper/actor, man? Pick one.
FOR FANS OF: Nas, Lupe Fiasco

Wilco
Wilco (The Album)
SOUNDS LIKE: Nothing epic here, just run o’ the mill Wilco but more Summerteeth/Yankee Hotel than A Ghost Is Born, a good thing.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Dad rock, but for dads who drink beer and play pedal guitar.
FOR FANS OF: Jayhawks, Bob Seger

Jeremih
Jeremih
SOUNDS LIKE: Surprisingly solid debut from R&B newbie with a hit in “Birthday Sex,” a jam about givin’ a lady a nice present.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Serious club fodder, like a male-version of Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad.
FOR FANS OF: R. Kelly, silk, Cristal

Dysrhythmia
Psychic Maps
SOUNDS LIKE: Philly trio’s fifth LPof post-postness with wordless metal, thrashing instrumentals and goth cover.
FREE ASSOCIATION: The occasional death scream wouldn’t hurt.
FOR FANS OF: Mastodon, Fugazi

The Fiery Furnaces
I’m Going Away
SOUNDS LIKE: Bizarro cool bro/sis duo’s seventh record (in six years) with an ear for quirk-rock that tells stories over
drums, keys and axes.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Your house must’ve been mad weird when you were young.
FOR FANS OF: Dirty Projectors, White Stripes

Sick Puppies
Tri-Polar
SOUNDS LIKE: Energized Aussie outfit’s third LP that barely eschews emo, grazes pop-punk, but face plants in alt power-rock hard.
FREE ASSOCIATION: In America we have this band called Fall Out Boy, mate. Avoid ‘em.
FOR FANS OF: Silverchair, angst

Adelitas Way
Adelitas Way
Sounds Like: Major label generic power emo reminiscent of Daughtry and Nickelback, but somehow more pretentious.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Good rock bands just don’t come from Vegas.
FOR FANS OF: Creed, seriously

Reign Supreme
Testing the Limits of Infinite
SOUNDS LIKE: Philly-born metal band’s debut LP with some SERIOUS SCREAMING; multiple, constant screamers.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Wouldn’t pick up on the holy themes without the liner notes.
FOR FANS OF: Death, shirtless moshing

REAL DEAL.