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  • Armor for Sleep
    7 p.m. Saturday, January 26. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.
  • Commit This to Memory
    The Minneapolis-based pop-punk act Motion City Soundtrack proves that its success is no novelty.
  • Punk's Not Dead
    Against Me! Plays anarchist punk rock for the masses.
  • We Versus the Shark
    9 p.m. Thursday, October 11. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
  • Portugal. The Man.
    8:30 p.m. Monday, October 15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

National Features

  • Phoenix New Times
    Canine Crusaders

    That drug-sniffing dog up ahead? He may not be your best friend.

    By Ray Stern
  • Broward-Palm Beach New Times
    The Muscle Men

    Thanks to a string of Florida "anti-aging clinics," baseball's steroid scandal isn't limited to superstars.

    By Michael J. Mooney
  • Miami New Times
    Picked On

    Farm workers earn nada in America's green-bean capital.

    By Janine Zeitlin
  • Village Voice
    "Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"

    An election-season essay from one of America's greatest playwrights.

    By David Mamet

The Starting Line recently announced that it's going to take a break to focus on other projects, meaning that there's more of an incentive to see 'em live. After a tumultuous few years of major-label ups and downs, the Philadelphia band released its strongest album (Direction) last year, a release that finally reconciles its pop-punk roots with its penchant for pop hooks. And even though the Starting Line will certainly perform its 2002 mega-smash "Best Of Me" next week, the performance's real highlight will be how it seamlessly integrates mature acoustic songs such as "Something Left To Give" into the set — without making it seem forced or contrived.

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