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Accidents and Emergencies by Andrew Clayman The first Spiritualized record since frontman Jason Pierce’s nearly fatal bout with double pneumonia, Songs in A&E is what you might expect—a heavyhearted, acid-gospel epic about death and all his proverbial friends.

SceneCast: Episode 141 by Collin Wade Monk Scenecast Episode 141 is a sprinkle of heavy-duty fairy dust on your breakfast cereal featuring vitamins and minerals from Colour Revolt, Rick Brantley, Nels Cline Singers, Ed Harcourt, Nomo, How I Became the Bomb, Matt Keating, Umbrella Tree, Mock Orange, All We Seabees, Tift Merritt, The Dirtbombs, Beta Macks and one-tenth of Ten out of Tenn.

Talking With Robert Plant by Rob Trucks Robert Plant is ebullient. Robert Plant is ebullient; for the first time in his life, he has traced the footsteps of Daniel Boone and passed through the Cumberland Gap.

The Spin We got to The Basement at 9:45 p.m. Friday night for SausageFest, a seemingly appropriate arrival time for a “festival,” only to find that most of the performers had yet to arrive.

Wreck Your Life by Lee Stabert On the handful of songs he sings on each release, Hammond reminds the listener that this band’s magic is most potent at its most dissonant.

Episode 140
by Collin Wade Monk
Scenecast Episode 140 is a tall mint julep under the outstretched limbs of an old oak tree deep in July with sweet lullabies from Dailey & Vincent, Glen Phillips, Lonely H, The Nobility, Hotpipes, Quote, Paper Route, Josh Williams Band, Ford Turrell, Medeski Martin and Wood, KaiserCartel and a priview of Strictly Business.

The Spin
While those three-day holiday weekends are a godsend for almost any working stiff, they often blow their wad as early as Friday, leaving the rest of the weekend in a lull of recovery while us hardcore night-lifers are left feeling unfulfilled.

Guitar Hero
by Aaron Jentzen
Though Knopfler was indeed a rock star in Dire Straits’ 1980s heyday, his music has allowed him to mature with grace, perhaps even growing in dignity as he’s gone on.

Home Delivery
by Chris Parker
Chad Howat’s ship has come in, and he sounds like a sailor on shore leave.

Kids Incorporated
by Ryan Foley
Operating under the mantra “Don’t feed your kids junk music,” Bingo releases authentic re-creations of Beatles and Motown tunes with carefully orchestrated vocal parts performed by children.