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Electric Mayhem
Guitarist Marc Ribot Reaches for Rock Anarchy.
by Shaun Brady
One thing that all of Ribot's music has in common is its bristling energy, a force as potent as electrified fence. No matter what the project, he avoids pastiche with his scrap-metal shredding.

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Raw Entanglement
Ice Cube vs. Alanis Morissette
by M.J. Fine
See, they're both Geminis, and if she didn't already have a twin brother, you'd almost swear Alanis and Ice Cube were separated at birth. Still can't choose between them? Read the facts and decide for yourself.

Suite Spot:
Try to Blend in
by Peter Burwasser
The effect was refreshing as all get out at first, but the lack of any pretension or agenda rendered the concept as natural and easy to experience. Both the new music and the old benefited from each other's company.

Soundadvice
Get Out!
Vivian Girls | Sugarland | Death Vessel | Evans-Halvorson-Walter Trio | Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

Music Picks:
The Dandy Warhols
Sat., Sept. 20, 9 p.m., $20, with Darker My Love, The TLA, 334 South St., 215-922-1011, livenation.com.
by M.J. Fine
"Welcome to the Third World" is a third-generation reproduction of the quippy hipster come-ons that built their reputation, and "The Legend of the Last of the Outlaw Truckers aka The Ballad of Sheriff Shorty" turns immaculately tousled frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor into a gruff space cowboy.

Paradox Trio Featuring Bojan Z
Sun., Sept. 21, 8 p.m., $12, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
Paradox Trio has been thriving for more than 12 years, and bring a more intense, Downtown-jazz edge to their Balkan and gypsy and klezmer excursions.

Slo-Mo's Steel Guitar Summit
Fri., Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., $25-$35, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
As Slo-Mo, Mike Brenner has plumbed the steel guitar's funkiest depths. This week, he's invited other players to show how devout they are to the religion.

MUSIC . Blog Posts
ADVENTURES OF AN OPEN-MIKER: Mugshots Coffeehouse in Fairmount
by Matt Cantor
814 days ago
There were only six performers Tuesday night at Mugshots in Fairmount—and it was wonderful. Everyone got to play four or five songs, and »»
VIDEO REVIEW: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"
by Massimo Pulcini
815 days ago
Alien outer space births, DMT trip sequences, facial spikes, and unicorns — what will she (err…Capital S-H-E) think of next? When Lady Gaga released »»
10 Track Mind: Playfully subversive
by Eric Schuman
815 days ago
I set my iPod on shuffle. Here’s where it led me … 1. Alice Cooper - “Teenage Lament ‘74” From Muscle Of Love, the last album where “Alice Cooper” referred »»
The Roots Picnic 2011 Lineup!
by Eric Schuman
816 days ago
Behold, the lineup for this year's Roots Picnic! As usual, it's anything but your average day-festival lineup. As always, The Roots Crew themselves will »»
CONCERT REVIEW: The Low Anthem @ First Unitarian Church, 2/25
by Matt Cantor
816 days ago
The Low Anthem got their timing right. At a moment when woodsy, Americana-inspired lyrics are approaching the mainstream (think Fleet Foxes, »»

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Sun., Sept. 21, 8 p.m., $12, International House, 3701 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
Paradox Trio has been thriving for more than 12 years, and bring a more intense, Downtown-jazz edge to their Balkan and gypsy and klezmer excursions.
Fri., Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., $25-$35, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
by A.D. Amorosi
As Slo-Mo, Mike Brenner has plumbed the steel guitar's funkiest depths. This week, he's invited other players to show how devout they are to the religion.
Sat., Sept. 20, 9 p.m., $20, with Darker My Love, The TLA, 334 South St., 215-922-1011, livenation.com.
by M.J. Fine
"Welcome to the Third World" is a third-generation reproduction of the quippy hipster come-ons that built their reputation, and "The Legend of the Last of the Outlaw Truckers aka The Ballad of Sheriff Shorty" turns immaculately tousled frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor into a gruff space cowboy.
 
 
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