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Beck, “Modern Guilt” (Interscope) Early reviews note that musical chameleon Beck benefits from the similarly eclectic hand of producer Danger Mouse (Gorillaz, Gnarls Barkley), even as his lyrical impulses grow darker and more paranoid.
3OH!3, “Want” (Photo Finish Records) This Boulder hip-hop duo takes the major-label plunge with Photo Finish, an imprint of Atlantic. “Want” polishes 3OH!3’s abrasive sound and blurs the boundary between tongue-in-cheek rhymes and mindless pop.
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis, “Two Men with the Blues” (Angel) Ignore the unimaginative moniker and give this superstar collaboration a spin. “Two Men” captures Nelson and living jazz legend Marsalis at Lincoln Center in all their subtle glory.
