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Mr. Rudy Day’s inaugural platter opens with the fuzzed-out “Rudy to the Rescue” and closes with the Def Leppard-quoting “Hot-n-Now.” In between, Chicago’s greasiest soul-punk power trio makes good on both promises, serving up tasty guitar detritus and juke-joint foot-stompers as if your life depended on them. —Shannon Zimmerman