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Arctic Monkeys HUMBUG VinylFacing the third album blues, the Arctic Monkeys turned to Josh Homme, the Queens of the Stone Age mastermind renowned for his collaborations but heretofore untested as a producer. On first glance, it's a peculiar pair the heirs of Paul Weller meet the heavy desert mystic but this isn't a team of equals, it's a big brother helping his little siblings go wayward and get weird. Homme doesn't imprint his own views on the Monkeys but encourages them to

though the inspired eccentricity is toned down--an instrumental tribute to fellow Stockton-ite Dave Brubeck being the closest thing to their early quirkiness--this is the most consistent set of stubbornly catchy songs ever

" Neither version here is heard in an alternate version

plus proto-disco jams like "Nights on Broadway

Sean Delaney

In regards to Morello's own sprawling discography

15 years after the release of their debut album

may be one of the most abrasive songs ever recorded

" which features a cameo vocal by Zapppa's old friend Captain Beefheart

and Rage's "Bullet In The Head" may be the best song about TV since the Heroes' "Television

Masquerading as a movie in progress

Flying Lotus presents Flamagra (Instrumentals)

Kapranos just can't get his beloved out of his head

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