Violent Femmes: Hallowed Ground (Slash/London)

MILWAUKEE IS Dullsville by any other name, so little wonder that the three superbuskers who comprise The Violent Femmes munch upon the tastiest feast Americana can offer — Southern fried chicken. For theirs is a medicine show of hellfire preachers, shysters, hucksters, lonesome killers, bluegrass pickers, jazz honkers, gospel wailers and other picturesque types.