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The Vines

Winning Days

One of the few pleasures of the Vines’ dire post-grunge debut “Highly Evolved” was listening to troubled singer Craig Nicholls struggle to keep it together. Unfortunately, Nicholls’ affectations could also be a big drag, as anyone who saw the band perform the same self-consciously sloppy sets will attest. “Winning Days” is even less noteworthy, with the waning band running mostly on the fumes of second-hand Nirvana and generic garage rock.

Take away: Give away

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Edited by Cara DiPasquale ([email protected]) and Joe Knowles ([email protected])