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Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:04 AM
Original article: Live-music dos and don'ts

In the last year...

Best live acts I've seen recently:

1. Man Man. Absolute chaos-- they hardly even paused between songs.

2. Antibalas. So many musicians. So much awesome.

3. Devendra Banhart. Made jokes about the indie-prep college kids; everybody still loved him.

4. Lily Allen. Sounds as good as the album, talks as straight as the interviews.

5. O' Death. This band literally started a riot.

6. Architecture in Helsinki. Another band with lots of musicians that was still able to keep a great stage presence.

Wouldn't go again if you paid me:

1. White Stripes. Seriously. They played for maybe 25 minutes.

2. Joanna Newsom. Her set was so long, so quiet, and so soothing that I actually fell asleep. Something might be a bit awry there.

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