POP NOTES.(Sound recording review)

Publication: The New Yorker

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INSTANT REPLAY -- Here are some records released in the past year that deserve a second listen:

Babyshambles, "The Blinding EP" (Regal)--The London musician Pete Doherty has interrupted a series of arrests to release an E.P., which will baffle those who think his main job is smoking crack and dating Kate Moss. On "The Blinding," his band, Babyshambles, sounds like a loose version of the Clash, and Doherty is in mystifyingly good form, a literate and sleepy charmer.

Sibylle Baier, "Colour Green" (Orange Twin)--Between 1970 and 1973, the German singer and actress wrote a series of original songs and...

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