You'd expect that the long-anticipated team-up between perennial cult fave rocker/ex-Dream Syndicate axeman Wynn and long-time fan, hard-boiled crimewriter George Pelecanos would result in a fix for their mutual Boss jones; a little self-indulgent release of their respective inner Springsteens. But this thumping, harmonica-honking ode to the blown chances that happen when you get lead around by your dick recalls nothing so much as the Stone's Midnight Rambler. Yeah, it's a man's man's man's world here, but is that all it is? Pelecanos' lyrics, plus Wynn's squeezed out vocals, suggest that this ditty just might be about more than a simple frustrated drunken suitor's lament after "one or two" -- the possibillty that the singer's actually stalking Cindy makes for a chilling prospect. Especially when he claims he's already "had" her best friend.

"Girl, you leave me haunted," he chides, but ya gotta wonder who's haunting who... And is it just me, or is that album cover a way-cool rip-off nod to the Velvet Underground or what?

Lewis, the voice and co-songwriter of LA indie faves Rilo Kiley, calls on the aid of the rather spooky Watson Twins (Chandra & Leigh) to drop her first solo album, presumably so she can really cut loose and flex her songwriting muscles. Why is why it's sorta perplexing, first of all, that's the album features any covers at all, and secondly, that the cover -- of the late, lamented Travelin' Wilburys signature tune -- is so reverent, almost a note-for-note recreation. But hell, when the song's this good, what does it matter? And to her credit, Lewis, with fellow indie pals Conor "Bright Eyes" Oberst and Ben "Death Cab For Cutie" Gibbard chiming in and swapping verses, seems to be having a lot of fun -- which is really the point. Toes will be tapped and you'll be humming the melody for days -- guaranteed. Jenny Lewis from the Los Angeles quartet Rilo Kiley has stepped out on her own with a collection of country-folk enchantment that is sure to win her a legion of fans. Accompanying her on this journey are the who embellish Lewis's clear-as-crystal vocals with their gorgeous harmonies that are best described as `other-worldly'. Lewis also draws on a stable of indie stars from Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Maroon 5's James Valentine.

Rabbit Fur Coat sports a magnificent sleeve photograph that serves as a perfect visual insight to the classy affair within. Modelled on `white soul classics', in particular the stunning Laura Nyro/Labelle collaboration Gonna Take A Miracle (1972) this lofty goal is skilfully achieved with tracks such as the luminous Rise Up With Fists!!, The Changing Sky and Melt Your Heart.