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	Audioslave arrive and Pearl Jam return by SEAN RICHARDSON

Found sounds The Jeff Buckley/Gary Lucas recordings by TED DROZDOWSKI

Young gun Christina Aguilera shoots from the hip BY FRANKLIN SOULTS

Local Anesthesia: Feelin' alright Local music to revive the spirit by BOB GULLA

Emerging once again as ground zero for punk-disco queens, scab-noise gutterbugs, and garage-punk revivalists, New York City hasn't been this relevant to indie rock since, well, since the Daydream Nation-era Sonic Youth ruled the downtown roost. Of course, Kim and Thurston are ex-pats now, having relocated to the wilds of Northampton. But they're bringing the new stars of their old stomping grounds to their new home town on Friday for a show at the Calvin Theater (413-584-1444), where the openers are Liars -- children of the grave running rampant over terrain once held dear by ESG, James Chance, and Pussy Galore -- and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, whose frontwoman might be the uncanniest art-punk sex bomb since, uh, Kim Gordon. Then SY travel to Providence, home of the greatest art-disco/sleaze-noise rock scene in the world, where they're joined by the brontosauran bass/drum improv duo Lightning Bolt and incorrigible keyboard terrorists Black Dice at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel (401-272-5876) on Saturday.

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