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Dennis Mitchell's Breakfast With the Beatles airs Sunday mornings at 8 on KKLZ 96.3-FM. The Las Vegan's syndicated radio show can also be found at
www.beatlesradioshow.com . Here are his 10 favorite Paul McCartney songs:

1. "Yesterday" (Beatles, Help!, 1965)

2. "Hey Jude" (Beatles, single, 1968)

3. "Things We Said Today" (Beatles,

A Hard Days Night [UK], 1964)

4. "Maybe I'm Amazed"

(solo, McCartney, 1970)

5. "Got to Get You Into My Life"

(Beatles, Revolver, 1966)

6. "Too Many People"

(Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram, 1971)

7. "Band on the Run"

(Wings, Band on the Run, 1973)

8. "Let Me Roll It"

(Wings, Band on the Run, 1973)

9. "Every Night" (solo, McCartney, 1970)

10. "Beware My Love"

(Wings, Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976)

The Weekly caught up with Foo as she and musical partner Sune Rose Wagner—better known as indie-rock duo the Raveonettes—visited a Seattle music store, attempting to replace their entire stash of instruments and gear, stolen last month in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Growing up in Copenhagen, Denmark, did you hear much of Depeche Mode's music?

Yeah. We listened to a lot of German radio, and they would always play Depeche Mode, and going to clubs and discos we heard them. They're the kind of band that's timeless and ever-present. They're legendary, and they write really great songs. There's a certain longing in their music that's just so heartbreaking.

Your first two discs were composed of songs written in only one key (B-flat minor, then B-flat major); then this year's Pretty in Black bucked the trend. Did you feel the formula limited your musical options?

It was a very interesting way of working initially because it was a challenging tool in the creative process to work within some guidelines. We had to think differently. Then it was just a natural progression. We knew we didn't want to play songs in B-flat only anymore, because we didn't want to repeat ourselves. We felt the urge to do something different than that.

You guys brought in some heavy hitters to guest on Pretty in Black: Suicide's Martin Rev, Ronnie Spector and the Velvet Underground's Mo Tucker. Which made you pinch yourself the most?

We were the most starstruck around Ronnie, just because she's such a diva and a bit of a faded star. And obviously her whole history with Phil [Spector] ... we're just suckers for those kind of stories. And because she's been such an inspiration, being part of that whole era of the girl groups from the early '60s. She was wonderful, and we were in awe around her.

Fear Factory


Transgression (2.5 stars)

Fear Factory's second album without founding guitarist Dino Cazares is a perfectly competent but hardly noteworthy heavy metal collection. Far from their days of industrial experimentation, Fear Factory are now content to churn out generic metal with the occasional keyboard flourish, even turning in a pointlessly faithful cover of U2's "I Will Follow." They can still get your head banging, but generally just in an absentminded way.

Depeche Mode

Who needs retro electro-pop when the sub-genre's progenitors are still going strong? Synth-meisters Gahan, Gore and Fletcher rebound from wobbly recent efforts with a credible, if somewhat front-loaded album, armed with wisdom most imitators lack: the songs that make you dance can also make you yearn.