Music: 10 Songs for Late Summer

September looms, but these tracks--from country to electronica--will keep the fun going a little while longer

YING YANG TWINS

SHAKE

The Ying Yang twins album has a few smart, socially conscious songs. This is not one of them. Shake is very dirty, but it's also top-notch club music, with an instantly addictive keyboard line and enough kinetic energy to make body parts move by themselves.

FOO FIGHTERS, FEATURING NORAH JONES

VIRGINIA MOON

A Dave Grohl-Norah Jones duet shouldn't really work, and for a few bars this ballad doesn't. Grohl sounds like a punk kid in a tuxedo, unsure if he's ready to get beyond irony. But with Jones' earnestness to guide him, the awkwardness melts away, giving the harmonies...

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