Hot Chip
“Made in the Dark”
Brit dance-club brats parse the difference between sex and love over vintage-soul licks and choirboy harmonies
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Jack Johnson
“Go On”
With sparse guitar and clear vocals, Johnson sticks to the basics on this highly focused track, a sweetly swaying love song for his kids.
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Lenny Kravitz
“If You Want It”
Kravitz espouses hippie-guru self-help tips over a country-soul ballad that could’ve been written by Mick and Keith in 1971.
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Vampire Weekend
“Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”
Ivy League indie rockers make Afropop-style grooves for the Benetton shopper set.
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The Mars Volta
“Aberinkula”
A furious seizure of dissected time signatures and stammering riffs, this prog-y track’s
sound is as tricky as its mysterious title.
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