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41. Music

    Symphony of the Global South

    Fusion rockers Ozomatli represent the sounds of L.A. and beyond

    By Chris Parker

    Published: August 30, 2007

    Ozomatli formed in 1995, but it's a true 21st-century band. The Los Angeles nonet blends a variety of native and folk styles and, in a process symbolic of our expanding music...

42. Short Cuts

    Dub Trio

    Cool Out and Coexist (RIR)

    By Jason Ferguson

    Published: August 30, 2007

    Whether you consider Dub Trio's approach to be a King Tubby-influenced take on spazz-rock or a rock-laced assault on dub conventions, the essential fact remains that its...

43. Live Wire

    Big Bang Radio

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: August 30, 2007

    Every few years, South Florida seems to cough up a rock band with superior pop talent that's capable of becoming the next big thing. Although some rock fans might argue about...

44. Outtakes

    Fantastic Voyage

    New Young Pony Club's long-awaited debut puts the female spunk back in punk-funk

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: August 30, 2007

    Tahita Bulmer, the effervescent frontwoman for New Young Pony Club, has little love for the sort of po-faced, pseudo-earnest bloke rock that's held her London home in its...

45. Dish

    Hot Damn!

    By John Linn

    Published: August 30, 2007

    I knew there was something different about the jerk chicken served at Betty's Place (5601 Pembroke Rd., Hollywood, 954-226-3340), but I wasn't completely sure what. I was...

46. Film

    After Sunrise

    With the long walk over, Julie Delpy explores what comes next (i.e., the hard part)

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: August 30, 2007

    Back in 1995, Richard Link­later's Before Sunrise gave flesh to a Yank's fantasy of worldly European womanhood: Julie Delpy's Celine, a sprite who materialized on a...

47. Short Cuts

    The Bang Gang Deejays

    Light Sound Dance (Modular)

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: August 30, 2007

    The Bang Gang has attracted international attention as one of Sydney, Australia,'s sweatiest, most forward-thinking club nights, where techno trash and indie slop coexist...

48. Live Wire

    The Rentals

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: August 30, 2007

    "Last Romantic Day," a song off the latest Rentals EP, The Last Little Life, begins with gentle plucking on violin strings. Even before any other instruments come in, it's...

49. Outtakes

    Keep on Marchin'

    North Mississippi Allstars redefine the blues jam

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: August 30, 2007

    It's an undeniable fact that certain traditionally black genres of music such as the blues and sacred steel have become embraced by jam-band audiences far and wide. Despite...

50. Short Cuts

    Minus the Bear

    Planet of Ice (Suicide Squeeze)

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: August 30, 2007

    In all the hoopla over the influence of '60s and '70s art rock on some of today's most interesting bands, one salient fact is frequently overlooked: A lot of that stuff blew....

51. Live Wire

    The Used

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: August 30, 2007

    A few years back, the Used's Bert McCracken and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way were the enfants terribles of the '00s post-emo/post-whatever world. The duo shared a serious...