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41. Music

    The Brits Are Alright

    With a new four-CD retrospective, Rhino Records captures the agony and ecstasy of the golden age of Modern English rock.

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: November 21, 2007

    Fans of deafening reverb and swirling guitars rejoiced when enigmatic My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields announced last week that his band (which has been dormant since...

42. B-Sides

    Punk's Not Dead

    Against Me! Plays anarchist punk rock for the masses.

    By Jonah Bayer and Andy Vihstadt

    Published: November 21, 2007

    It's been a pretty crazy past five years for Gainesville, Florida's Against Me! Although the band is currently headlining theaters, it wasn't that long ago that it was playing...

43. Critics' Picks

    Suzanne Vega

    9 p.m. Saturday, November 24. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: November 21, 2007

    Beauty & Crime is Suzanne Vega's first record in six years and her first for the venerable jazz imprint Blue Note Records. But don't let the label fool you: Vega still...

44. Critics' Picks

    Vertigo USA

    7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 24. Pop's

    By Ryan Wasoba

    Published: November 21, 2007

    Vertigo USA refers to itself as "A Celebration of the Music and Spirit of U2." With this in mind, what can I (the writer) tell you (the reader) about them that you don't...

45. Critics' Picks

    The Locust

    7 p.m. Sunday, November 25. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard

    By Kami Arnold

    Published: November 21, 2007

    The Locust is edging toward punk superstardom, if not infamy. From accusations of drug abuse and critiques of its image, the San Diego band has been surrounded by controversy...

46. Critics' Picks

    Light This City

    6 p.m. Monday, November 26. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: November 21, 2007

    Fronted by iron maiden Laura Nichol, Light This City plays mesmerizing dual-guitar harmonies that recall power-metal's prime. This San Francisco band combines the type of...

47. Critics' Picks

    Bring Back the Guns

    9 p.m. Monday, November 26. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: November 21, 2007

    "One, two, three, four, five/Keep the dream alive" are the only lyrics on "Dry Futures," the title track to Bring Back the Guns' first full-length release. (Whether this...

48. Critics' Picks

    The Action Design

    8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 28. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: November 21, 2007

    After Tsunami Bomb's 2005 split, bassist Matt McKenzie and vocalist Emily "Agent M" Whitehurst formed the Action Design, a project that allows for experimentation beyond TB's...

49. Critics' Picks

    The Blakes

    8 p.m. Wednesday, November 28. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: November 21, 2007

    The members of the Blakes aren't punks, but the brothers Keim (Garnet and Snow) and drummer Bob Husak (who's heard a Stooges record or seven) teeter on the dirty, babbling...

50. Rotations

    Serj Tankian

    Elect the Dead

    By Michael Gallucci

    Published: November 21, 2007

    System of a Down is one of the trickiest bands making music these days for one reason: It's not shy about letting its freak flag fly. Artier and politically sharper than any of...

51. Rotations

    Puscifer

    "V" Is for Vagina
    

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: November 21, 2007

    The most-viewed YouTube clip starring Puscifer, Tool leader Maynard James Keenan's twisted side project, is "Cuntry Boner," which features MJK, his drawers distended by a...

52. Rotations

    Coheed and Cambria

    No World for Tomorrow
    

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: November 21, 2007

    There's so much about Coheed and Cambria's work that cries out for ridicule: the '70s-art-rock-derived instrumental wankery, or its skyscraping, get-your-Geddy-on vocals....

53. Rotations

    Carrie Underwood

    Carnival Ride

    By Jim Malec

    Published: November 21, 2007

    A more accurate title for Carrie Underwood's latest effort would be Kiddie Coaster, because this is one boring ride. The sophomore release from country music's favorite Idol...

54. Homespun

    The In?

    An American Cocktail

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: November 21, 2007

    The In? plays a mish-mash of musical styles that sounds tailor-made for the local barroom. There are traces of electric blues, some ramped-up Americana, a little touch of dub...

55. Cafe

    Don't Go Takin' My Bacon

    Sometimes nothing but a good deli sandwich will do.

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: November 21, 2007

    When I die, an autopsy will find two pounds of bacon where my heart should be, so I was taken aback by a recent report from the American Institute for Cancer Research. Buried...

56. Drink of the Week

    Pearberry

    Del Pietro's Ristorante, 5625 Hampton Avenue; 314-351-1700.

    By Kristie McClanahan

    Published: November 21, 2007

    A Beefeater on the rocks is staring at us from our table. The pair of pimento-stuffed green olives that sit atop the ice look like the eyes of an unblinking cross-eyed frog or...

57. Keep It Down

    Palmer Santa Claus Solid Milk Chocolate Flavored

    $2.00
    Walgreens
    3631 Gravois Avenue

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: November 21, 2007

    If nothing went as planned, you're not sitting down with friends or family. You're not tucking into an impossibly fat turkey breast flanked by a side of mashed potatoes and...

58. Film

    One of Us Must Know

    The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I'm Not There.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: November 21, 2007

    Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out of my head/ But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed to play. —Bob Dylan,...

59. Stage

    Noël Depression

    Remnant, Mustard Seed Theatre's inaugural production, hits the mark.

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: November 21, 2007

    All Christmas stories have a villain who is to be redeemed by the spirit of the season; it's a requirement of the Lollipop Guild. Very rarely do you find a Christmas story...

60. Stage

    Mistakes Weren't Made

    Off-Ramp's Bomb-itty of Errors is a hip-hop hoot.

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: November 21, 2007

    Let's begin by clearing the air: I don't like hip-hop. Call me unhip, call me out of touch, call me a hater; you can also call me a cab if you intend to change my mind by...