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CHOICE CUTS

PJ Harvey
"When Under Ether" ("White Chalk" [Island])

Ayaléw Mèsfin & Black Lion Band
"Feqer Aydelem Wey" ("The Rough Guide to African Blues" [World Music Network])

Mariem Hassan
"La Tumchi Anni" ("The Rough Guide to African Blues" [World Music Network])

Aly & AJ
"Potential Breakup Song" ("Insomniatic" [Hollywood])

John Fogerty
"I Can't Take It No More," "Long Dark Night" ("Revival" [Fantasy])

Listen to "Revival"

Flight of the Conchords
"Business Time" ("The Distant Future" [Sub Pop])

Patti Scialfa
"Bad for You," "Play It as It Lays" ("Play It as It Lays" [Columbia])

Listen to "Play It as It Lays"

DUD OF THE MONTH

Nick Lowe
"At My Age"
(Yep Roc)

That would be 58, since he brought it up. Geezer's seven months to the good side of Robert Plant, who you'd never know was showing more savoir faire from the way bloggerati who weren't alive when "Marie Prevost" was written fawn over this labour of louche. Reborn as a crooner because he can't rev up the rock anymore, he can't rev up the croon either. Wit: Shot. Insouciance: Shot. Romantic prospects: On this evidence, shot. If you're worried about aging gracefully, maybe it's back to Elvis C. after all.

MORE DUDS

"Across the Universe" (Interscope)

Joni Mitchell
"Shine" (Hear Music)

Oliver Mtukudzi
"Tsimba Itsoka" (Heads Up)

Stars
"In Our Bedroom After the War" (Arts & Crafts)

Dwight Yoakam
"Dwight Sings Buck" (New West)

Neil Young
"Live at Massey Hall" (Reprise)

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