Linkin Park, Incubus, Mutemath

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At the beginning of the millenium, Linkin Park turned songs like "Numb" and "Somewhere I Belong" into chart-toppers, selling some 50 million albums along the way. Like the hits of their nu-metal peers, they were insular songs about internalized rage, desensitization, addiction and mental breakdown.

Now imagine the shock of the world at large when their latest album, A Thousand Suns, turned out to be a concept record about nuclear war. For a band that had made their career facing inward, this was an ambitious attempt at a bigger perspective. Though there are still personal fears underlying A Thousand Suns, this is an outward-looking record that steps out of "angry white boy" territory to examine societal ills. It's more downbeat than their previous efforts, sometimes downright ambient, with a couple of short tracks that feature samples of Robert Oppenheimer and Martin Luther King Jr. rather than lyrics. Though the sound and lyrical style is completely different, at times it recalls a Roger Waters-era Pink Floyd album in its structure and scope.

California's own Incubus was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas. Now touring with Ben Kenney and DJ Kilmore, the multi-platinum-selling band band celebrates their most recent album If Not Now, When? released last year.

Mutemath is an alternative rock band that formed in New Orleans in 2003. With Paul Meany on keyboard and lead vocals, Darren King on drums, Todd Gummerman on guitar and Roy Mitchel-Cardenas on bass, the Grammy-nominated band has released three studio albums, included 2011's Old Soul.

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