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PRIMAL SCREAM "Evil Heat" (Sony, 3 stars)
Primal Scream has been the chameleon of Britpop. The band jumped from tight, jangly guitar pop in the late `80s to trend-setting grooves (1991's "Screamadelica") to ersatz Rolling Stones riff-rock (1994's "Give Out But Don't Give Up) to cinematic electronica (1997's "Vanishing Point") to rabble-rousing white noise (2000's "Xtrmntr"). What a surprise, then, that "Evil Heat" is almost predictable: It's "Xtrmntr's" more-polite sequel.
My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields returns to produce six tracks with his trademark wall-of-noise saturation. Like its predecessor, "Evil Heat" mixes pounding, buzzing ...