Give Juliette Lewis credit: She can blow Keanu Reeves out of the water any day. After two garage-rock records, she's dropped her band the Licks and taken an arty, adventurous turn. Omar from Mars Volta produces, and Lewis has been working phrases like "sonic contrasts" into interviews. The conceptual stuff is ill-advised — she's inane critiquing L.A. decadence on "Fantasy Bar"; there's also an atmospheric snooze called "Female Persecution." But she's a competent angst-belter who knows how to imitate singers she likes, from Courtney Love to Kim Carnes — even if her Janis Joplin is too close to 30 Rock for comfort.

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JON DOLAN

(Posted: Aug 31, 2009)