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Yayyy! Quick Hits is back and again spreading the love to all our inked-up, hair-mussed, indie rocker friends.

Each month, Quick Hits writer Darby Dixon will give you several bits of data to help your all-important indie rock purchase decision: a photo of the band or album cover to stoke your fantasies; a spot review -- so we feel like we actually did something; a thumbs up or thumbs down buying guide, so we can exert our mighty market power, and an MP3 or WMA sample, so you can tell us to go screw and decide if you like the bands yourself.

Send all feedback, review/interview requests, and free CDs & ticket hook-ups to Darby at darby@arrivistepress.com.

Lylas	Lessons for Lovers			Fictitious Records
	Guys, notice your girlfriend's dazed eyes and secret smile? She's crushing on another indie-pop vocalist. You thought things couldn't get worse after Ben Gibbard and Colin Meloy, but here comes Lylas's Kyle Hamlett crooning his way into her heart. It's hard to protest when the music's this damn good. On their debut full-length, Lessons for Lovers, Lylas's quietly intricate folk-pop arrangements are all dreamy, classic cool, with melody to burn. Plus their songs are about teenage phantasms and seances and sexy siamese twins. You have to admit, that's just awesome.		Summer in a Sweater	Pick this up!
The Radium Screen	White Faces			LaLaLa Records
	The Radium Screen is a pair of guitar guys who decided to try dabbling in experimental electronic noise. If only all dabbling surprised like White Faces, a collection a four darkly textured, inanely catchy gems. Not catchy in a Beach Boys summery fun'n'sun way. More like in a staring at the frozen nighttime lake from deep inside your mind way. Check out "Dirty Blonde," then grab the EP to get the rest of the dramatic descent.		Dirty Blonde	Pick this up!
Jetpack UK	The Art of Building a Moat			Heatstroke Records
	Having a rough week? And it's only Tuesday? Jetpack UK would like to jumpstart your weekend. On The Art of Building a Moat, they've got the driving guitar rock to do it with. This EP is plenty of fun, from the bouncy "Mathematics" through the edgier "Synthesizer" and on to the closing fist-pumper "Stonehands." Fist-pumper? Okay, so it sometimes sounds a little unfashionably theatric. But it's not worth worrying about when you're about to smile your way through blowing off the rest of your week.		Mathematics

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