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Kaiser Chiefs: Off With Their Heads

Chiefs’ latest glitters more than “Ruby”On Off With Their Heads, Kaiser Chiefs finally live up to their early promise. They’re no longer complaining about fame,—like on 2007’s urbane and rather mean-spirited Yours Truly, Angry Mob—or crafting fussy overwrought melodies that sound like stilted refugees from the ’80s’ New Romantics—or worse, Blur’s middle period. With the help of über-producer Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse), the Chiefs have lopped off more than their heads, shedding a musical fat suit, stripping their sound to its laddish basics and recalling a time before Britpop was a dirty word. Both anxious and anthemic, the third most...  read more