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	The Pretenders stay true to Chrissie's Muse by TED DROZDOWSKI

Local Anesthesia: Story hour Dan Moretti and Once Through lay it down by BOB GULLA

It's taken a dozen years, but we think it's official now: Pearl Jam are cool again. No, we're not saying that because Eddie Vedder is wearing a mohawk and cutting tracks with Zeke. We're saying it because the only indie-rock band who matter, Sleater-Kinney, have deigned to travel with the PJs as their opening band on a trek through the Midwest and the South this spring. S-K's most recent release got lost in the shuffle, but in a year without their old opening act the White Stripes making candy-colored headlines, One Beat (Kill Rock Stars) probably would have been album of the year, and it's got a longer shelf life than the September 11-checking opening track would lead you to believe. Their current tour isn't hitting Boston, but if you hop in the car, you can catch them at Pearl Street (413-584-7810) in Northampton, MA next Thursday, February 13, or at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel (401-272-5876) in Providence on Valentine's Day. Opening both dates are the Black Keys, a blues-punk duo who sound less like the aforementioned Motor City heartthrobs than like the ancient Mississippi hill-country dudes on the Fat Possum label. Which is probably why after hearing the Keys' standout debut, The Big Come Up (Alive), Fat Possum snapped them up last month.

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