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"&lt;p&gt;Not since the smiths has an Anglo act shaken significant Stateside action. And that&amp;apos;s a shame. For while the current cadre is more defiantly British (e.g., insular, cocky, ornamental) than ever, they&amp;apos;re also keenly fab.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;p&gt;The countless Yanks who never grokked the giddy theatrics of glam will find &lt;em&gt;Dog Man Star&lt;/em&gt; revolting. But for jean genies who cream over Bowie&amp;apos;s &lt;em&gt;Aladdin Sane,&lt;/em&gt; it&amp;apos;s very nearly the Second Coming. Madly making like David, London Suede&amp;apos;s Brett Anderson emotes ecstatically, and Bernard Butler lays down lustrous doom guitar. Rushing, with splendid haircuts, to the apocalypse, these brass-knuckled poseurs pause even so to mourn for Jimmy Dean (&amp;quot;Daddy&amp;apos;s Speeding&amp;quot;), to rip off Byron and to evoke Marilyn (&amp;quot;Heroine&amp;quot;). Smashing or what?&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;Suede&amp;apos;s ultrarivals Blur are a sunnier lot. And for Suede&amp;apos;s wondrous moody drone, this crew exchanges crazed stylistic variety. Songs echoing &amp;apos;80s synth pop (&amp;quot;Girls and Boys&amp;quot;), Ray Davies (&amp;quot;Tracy Jacks&amp;quot;) as well as the Walker Brothers and even music-hall sing-alongs make &lt;em&gt;Parklife&lt;/em&gt; a carny ride through the theme park of classic Brit pop. Teen-dream cute and insufferably gifted, they&amp;apos;re prime fodder for idolatry.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher &amp;#x2014; whom the UK press, pissing off hippies, has compared to Lennon (a fate that, American style, befell Cobain) &amp;#x2014; has God-given cool. And with his brother Noel supplying him with sumptuous rockers (their echoing production recalls the Beatles&amp;apos; &lt;em&gt;Revolver&lt;/em&gt;), it&amp;apos;s easy to see why this quintet is next year&amp;apos;s model. Heavier on guitar than Blur or Suede, they&amp;apos;re the simpler, catchier outfit. And with youth&amp;apos;s blithe arrogance, they see the world solely in black and white: &amp;quot;Rock &amp;apos;n&amp;apos; Roll Star&amp;quot; (cool), &amp;quot;Married With Children&amp;quot; (cool&amp;apos;s antithesis).&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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