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41. Live Wire

    The Octopus Project

    By Jason Ferguson

    Published: October 4, 2007

    This Austin group is far from catholic in its approach to indie rock. Though pegged as "experimentalists," the Octopus Project is more than capable of delivering the pop goods....

42. Outtakes

    Open Up and Bleed

    A detailed tome on the life of Iggy Pop

    By Bob Ruggiero

    Published: October 4, 2007

    As Iggy Pop, he was (and is) one of rock's wildest wildmen: a performer who might abuse the worst kind of drugs imaginable, bloodily mutilate himself on stage, or launch...

43. Film

    Clients of Industry

    Brazil's kidnapping epidemic spawns its own supply-and-demand economy

    By Michelle Orange

    Published: October 4, 2007

    Killer timing! Manda Bala ("Send a Bullet"), Jason Kohn's vivid, lean-and-hungry documentary about São Paulo's fatalistic food chain of extreme poverty, violence,...

44. Short Cuts

    PJ Harvey

    White Chalk (Island)

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: October 4, 2007

    Sometimes, the simplest music is the most affecting. So it goes with PJ Harvey's new studio album, White Chalk, which often feels like a sequel to Björk's Vespertine....

45. Live Wire

    Battlefield Band

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: October 4, 2007

    Scotland may be best-known for kilts, bagpipes, the Loch Ness monster, and Scotch whiskey, but that doesn't take into account the country's rich artistic heritage. Broward does...

46. Outtakes

    Mr. Sexy

    Longtime reggae star King Yellowman is still going strong

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: October 4, 2007

    Navigating a path in the world of reggae is no easy task. The terrain is rough, there's an endless supply of talent, and Jamaican record companies are notoriously shifty. Think...

47. Short Cuts

    Grails

    Burning Off Impurities (Temporary Residence Limited)

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: October 4, 2007

    Before Dylan and that crucial British invasion (circa 1964), instrumental rock 'n' roll was not a specific subgenre. Its executors, however, actually topped the charts —...

48. Live Wire

    Devon Allman's Honeytribe

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: October 4, 2007

    When it comes to music, hearing the last name Allman automatically makes one think of Southern-rock royalty. The Allman Brothers Band of old were quintessential rock gods below...