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The tendency to compare Marnie Stern to shred-master guitar heroes such as Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen is understandable, but perhaps misleading. Yes, Marnie Stern taps on the electric guitar. But while Malmsteen and his ilk zoom up and down the fretboard in a mad dash, Stern singles out a particularly catchy riff to reiterate and build upon. The result is that Stern's sophomore album, This Is It, is as cohesive as it is maniacal. It's difficult to separate the power this album wields from the bombastic, complex, but always fitting drumming provided by Hella's Zach Hill. The variance...