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You've been touring nonstop in support of your first new album in seven years. What do you do next?

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Three decades and ten albums into a stealth career as one of pop's greatest unsung tunesmiths, Neil Hannon keeps the in -- a -- perfect -- world hits coming. This time, he fixes his decidedly non -- rocking melodic swoon and urbane wit on recessions both financial and romantic, politicians' sex scandals, as well as the disconnections among commuters wearing earphones.

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On their first album in 20 years, the spud boys return to show dancey electro-pop pretenders how it's done -- syn-drums and all. While name producers Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen, Sia) and Santi White add a thoroughly postmodern sheen to songs that reference Tased bros and Obama's challenges, others like "Mind Games" and "Later Is Now" seem cryogenically preserved from 1982.

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Three decades and ten albums into a stealth career as one of pop's greatest unsung tunesmiths, Neil Hannon keeps the in-a-perfect-world hits coming. This time, he fixes his decidedly non-rocking melodic swoon and urbane wit on recessions both financial and romantic, politicians' sex scandals, as well as the disconnections among commuters wearing earphones.

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Expect nothing resembling subtlety on this Toronto trio's latest batch of retribution anthems -- all brutal punch-pop riffing, rumble-gut bass, and accusatory posturing. But despite his exaggerated bluster, their namesake singer-

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With his surprising solo debut, this hardcore and alt-rock vet (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools) nods in the direction of his last band, Walking Concert, offering low-key, mostly acoustic reveries, highlighted by his keening, vulnerable tenor.