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by Jared Johnson It's tough to put the moniker "Russia's most popular rock band" into perspective, especially compared to the dense crowd of U.S. bands that ride the same fine line between rock and pop. But listening to the domestic debut of Mumiy Troll (pronounced "Moo-mee Troll"), you know for sure that the band's personality translates well across continental boundaries. Mumiy Troll is headed by the flashy pop icon Ilya Lagutenko, whose mug sells magazines in the former Soviet Union at a rate akin to Mick Jagger in mid-'60s America. And the Stones' frontman is an even better comparison when you realize that Lagutenko's popularity has come about because they've been politically and socially condemned. At one point in the band's meteoric rise among the remnants of the Iron Curtain, » Read more