What the CL Music Team is jamming this fine Monday to rocket launch the work week. To check out previous entries, click here.

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Gabe – OMD, Messages: OMD Greatest Hits (2008)
I'm still reveling over this past weekend's awesome OMD show in Orlando. As fate would have it, the Elvis Costello show I was so excited for was postponed, thus giving me an opportunity to go and see this synth-pop act that I've loved since my teen years. The quirky lyrics and catchy melodies have aged well and the band's material took on a new life during a highly energetic performance. I still love this band and their music. So glad that Monday is starting off not only reliving my youth with OMD as it's soundtrack but recalling the fantastic concert I witnessed just a couple of nights ago.

Scott – The Horrible Crowes, Elsie (2011)
This eagerly awaited side project from The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon and friend/GA guitar tech Ian Perkins sounds, more than anything, like a long-lost Afghan Whigs record. And that's a great thing. Dark, lush, soulful and moody, Elsie (SideOneDummy) channels Greg Dulli's dark-night-of-the-soul introspection through a slightly more roots-oriented assortment of sounds to come off like a timeless stumble down the boulevard of broken dreams without degenerating into mere impersonation or cliche. This smoky selection of tracks goes a long way toward cementing Fallon's position as one of the current generation's most capable and compelling songsmiths. Listen to a few tracks off the album after the jump.

This article appears in Sep 15-21, 2011.

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