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Bonus Tracks

Reviewed by Austin Powell, Fri., May 8, 2009

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Fantasies (Last Gang)

Following her more intimate solo fare, Broken Social Scenester Emily Haines hikes up her skirt for Fantasies, Metric's third and most unabashedly commercial LP, heavy on heartbreak ("Stadium Love"), New Wave ("Help I'm Alive"), and huge choruses. While everything could be trimmed, Jimmy Shaw's razor guitar in "Sick Muse" and "Front Row" keeps things edgy.

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Bob Dylan

Together Through Life

Thee Oh Sees

Help

New York Dolls

'Cause I Sez So

Peter Doherty

Grace / Wastelands
St. Vincent

Actor

Depeche Mode

Sounds of the Universe

Röyksopp

Junior

Empire of the Sun

Walking on a Dream

The Veils

Sun Gangs

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