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"   Photo: The Vaccines  The royal wedding may be over, but don&amp;#039;t put away your Union Jack tee and Dr. Martens just yet: There&amp;#039;s a sonic British Invasion heading our way. First to hit US soil are The Vaccines, arguably the biggest UK buzz band since the Arctic Monkeys, kicking off a coast-to-coast tour today opening for\u2014you guessed it\u2014Arctic Monkeys. If you can&amp;#039;t make it to one of their 17 North American shows and festival appearances, you can get your hands on their debut album, What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?, when it comes out in the US at the end of the month. But before that record reaches our shores, Art Brut\u2014who hail from London\u2014are putting out their fourth album, Brilliant! Tragic!, on May 24. With Frank Black (of Pixies fame) as producer, you can expect a handful of tongue-in-cheek Dada-rock gems from this five-piece. Things will get even more raucous when the band crosses the pond for a spate of live shows starting in June. And the symbolic start of summer gets pushed up a bit earlier this year, thanks to the long-awaited release of Friendly Fires&amp;#039; sophomore album Pala, also out May 24. It&amp;#039;s been nearly three years since the St. Albans trio put out their much-hyped debut, but the follow-up won&amp;#039;t disappoint; rather, the band clearly took that time to hone their craft, adding some Duran Duran sheen to their dance-funk tunes. There&amp;#039;s an entire album of party-starting tracks to last through the heat, but the stand-out\u2014and the song most likely to be heard all the way through September, especially as the soundtrack on Fashion Week runways\u2014is &amp;quot;Running Away.&amp;quot; Which is ironic considering that the band, as well as their fellow rocking-out Brits, seems to have no plans to do the same. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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