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Silverchair Goes All Young Modern, Rejects Frogstomp at the Showbox

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Silverchair Goes All Young Modern, Rejects Frogstomp at the Showbox

Australian power trio didn't die in the year 2000.

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The best way for seniors to stay young? Sing Sonic Youth’s “Schizophrenia.”

The best way for seniors to stay young? Sing Sonic Youth’s “Schizophrenia.”

It’s their party.

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The Pipettes: Brit Revisionists Seek to Overcome the Hegemony of Cock Rock.

Bananarama, the B-52's, and Phil Spector haunt the band's full-length debut, We Are the Pipettes.

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Gibbard Taps Death Cab, Postal Service, Nirvana at Showbox

Gibbard probably could've farted into the microphone for 90 minutes and made everyone in the room happy.

Amiina make sonic origami.

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Reason to Cry

Emo's got nothin' on a revered Icelandic string section that brings its audience to tears.

Heavier than thou.

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Clearly Canadian

Montreal hard rockers Priestess thrust riffs into the U.S. and the 21st century.

Wake up, U.K.!

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Bloc Party Weaves Dystopian Nightmares on Silent Followup

Bloc Party’s terrific 2005 debut, Silent Alarm, celebrated the now: twitchy guitars and madcap rhythms inside pithy, spartan…

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The Shins, with Viva Voce Date: February 20, 2007 Venue: Paramount Theatre “What? Where’s

The Shins, with Viva VoceDate: February 20, 2007Venue: Paramount Theatre “What? Where’s the bassist?” said Viva Voce drummer…

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Call me cynical as hell, but I’m pretty much convinced that Britney

Call me cynical as hell, but I’m pretty much convinced that Britney Spears is crazy like a fox,…

The Broken West: among the wildflowers.

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Damn the Torpedoes

The Broken West don't sweat the petty stuff.

Lambchop: Nashville iconoclasts.

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Well Done

Lambchop's downcast roots opus.

Soul Searching

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Soul Searching

Former Sunny Day Real Estate frontman Jeremy Enigk says it himself.

E6: Which way is it to Cracker Barrel?

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Cock Out

The Electric Six's high-voltage camp.

Magnolia Electric Co.: perfect sound forever.

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Songs: Molina

Magnolia Electric Co. are not a second-rate Crazy Horse.

Old five and dimers.

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Honky-Tonk Heroes

The rainy day music of country rockers the Maldives.

The fig leaf is Photoshopped.

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Testicular Manipulation

For Scratch Acid's reunion, David Yow will keep his pants on.

Travis DeVries, Ingmar Bergman wannabe.

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Crazy Beautiful

Coming soon to a record store near you: Travis DeVries' answering machine anthology.

DJ Shadow: coming into view.

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Master of Mystique

DJ Shadow's not settling for reruns.

Seeing Stars

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Seeing Stars

If you think Amy Millan has just now 'gone country,' you haven't been listening.

Overnight Sensation

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Overnight Sensation

Dweezil Zappa on the Sysiphean task of learning his father's back catalog.