New Reviews: Springsteen, Franz Ferdinand, The Bird and the Bee

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We’ve already spotlighted our five-star review of Bruce Springsteen’s new Working on a Dream (here’s a reminder: “Springsteen finally reignites his early infatuation with the pop symphonies of Roy Orbison and Phil Spector”). Also out today, Franz Ferdinand’s Tonight, the band’s third album which picks up largely where the last one left off: chock full of romantic tales and and disco grooves. For more on Bruce and the dance-rocking Scots, pick up the new issue of Rolling Stone (the one with a big Springsteen on the cover) for full features.

Plus, we’ve got the lowdown on lounge-pop duo the Bird and the Bee’s Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future — an album even an ode to David Lee Roth couldn’t save — Nikolai Fraiture’s new side project Nickel Eye’s The Time of the Assassins, which borrows just the right amount from his main band (the Strokes), and the latest from London mod quartet the Rifles.

• Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream
• Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
• The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
• The Rifles - The Great Escape
• Nickel Eye - The Time of the Assassins



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