In Brief

Seems like there’s nothing but sad chords on the car radio these days, but X’s 1980 lament “The Unheard Music” still carries weight in its revival by Elastica and Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus. That track is joined by a serene “Odelay” outtake from Beck and other new items from Sonic Youth, Superchunk, Boss Hog and the Flaming Lips in an appropriately edgy collection for slacker specialist Richard Linklater’s latest opus.

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