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Dryw Keltz
The Florida based band Surfer Blood made a pretty big splash late last year when their debut single “Swim” became a bit of an underground hit. The single preceded the full-length Astro Coast by a number of months, but it certainly hinted at what was to come.  When the Power Station Banged a Gong, Teenage Fans Banged AlongBy
JBev
Anybody who knew me as a 13-year-old kid in the summer of 1985 had to be mighty sick of this song. I played the hell out of this thing. I bought the cassette and never listened to another song on it, just kept cueing up “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” and air-drumming through the whole thing.  The Willie Nelson of Pin-up Girls and Other Cheech & Chong-y CheesecakeBy
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JBev
With their popularity at an all-time high following the pop sheen and shiny horns added to their last album, you might have expected Spoon to continue down that road to popularity with a full-on blast of arena rock to court the masses. But, then again, Britt Daniel and his buddies from Austin didn’t get to their perch of indie-rock preeminence by doing what was expected of them.  NSFW Videos = WTE (Worst Trend Ever)By
Dryw Keltz
Last year saw the birth of a very strange trend. A trend which is equally disturbing, unnecessary and hideous. The movement I speak of is the sudden influx of indie rock NSFW videos.  Soothing Sounds for a Toddler: Making a Mixtape for a Two-Year-OldBy
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My niece’s reaction to David Bowie got me thinking about musical variety. Kids haven’t been programmed to think that weird music is weird yet. In the hopes of coaxing her away from the insipid oldies music that my mom makes her listen to, I wanted to craft a mixtape that would introduce my niece to stuff that I liked when I was younger.  The Ringo of the Alphabet and Other Literary LosersBy
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We’d all like to be the John, Paul, or George of our place of employment, circle of friends, or council of supervillains working to blow up the sun. Sadly, most of us are not that essential. We are Ringos, like Ringo himself.  Vampire Weekend: ContraBy
JBev
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