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Band We Like
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November 2009
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11/16/09
Holiday Shores make pretty (and messy) lo-fi guitar pop.
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11/09/09
The Smith Westerns get all rowdy and boozy and things of this nature.
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11/02/09
Freelance Whales coming to NPR listeners soon --- bet!
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October 2009
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10/26/09
Dan Deacon gets gadget crazy.
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10/19/09
Lovvers slop it up.
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10/16/09
Blues Control drone it down.
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10/05/09
Sian Alice Group go their own way....go their own wayyyyyyy. (PS they don't sound like Fleetwood Mac)
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September 2009
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09/28/09
Drink Up Buttercup --- before the Oompa Loompas getcha!
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09/21/09
Love in any Language --- straight from the hearrrtttttt!
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09/14/09
Beards For Ganglians Foreva!
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09/08/09
Ty Segall is one reason why we need to get back to San Francisco.
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August 2009
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08/31/09
Still Life Still are all sprawling and stuff.
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08/24/09
Mini Mansions make epic pop.
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08/17/09
Reds and Blues and upers and downers.
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08/10/09
Boom goes the Lemonade.
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08/03/09
Lollapalooza has too many bands. We'll just write about one: Friendly Fires.
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July 2009
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07/27/09
Casiokids make nerdy dance music for cool kids. Or maybe it's cool dance music for nerds.
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07/20/09
Screaming Females do scream sometimes.
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07/13/09
The Depreciation Guild does it like Double Dribble.
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07/06/09
Free Energy suns up up a dark spring.
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June 2009
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06/29/09
Thomas Function blues-punk it up.
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06/29/09
The Subjects: good old snappy pop!
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06/15/09
Black Horse muck it up, mothermucker! HA-HA! That sounds like a bad word!
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06/08/09
Love, Death, Religion: AA Bondy puts it all in song.
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06/01/09
Suckers give off happy vibes. Sadness sucks!
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May 2009
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05/25/09
Cut Off Your Hands
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05/18/09
The Tallest Man on Earth: Americana-Scandanavia-Appalachia-folk?
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05/11/09
I Was A King take it back to 1995.
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05/03/09
King Khan and the Shrines sweat it up!
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April 2009
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04/30/09
Future Islands: is that a Lost reference?
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04/27/09
Vampire Hands sound like ---- uh ---- dang it.
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04/20/09
Jeremy Jay just kind of grooves it.
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04/13/09
Great Lake Swimmers make music for drifting, wading and floating.
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04/06/09
Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains rock out your radio.
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March 2009
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03/30/09
Boom goes the Lemonade.
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03/23/09
Telekinesis ain't no Foo.
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03/16/09
Any of the Netherfriends can be pals of Rockness anytime.
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03/09/09
Boys Noize does dance music well.
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03/02/09
Brooklyn's Fiasco create orchestrated chaos.
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February 2009
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02/23/09
Javelins: better than Jarts
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02/17/09
The Henry Clay People play good old indie-rock.
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02/09/09
Goblin Cock is band #29,278,392 for Rob Crow.
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02/02/09
School of Seven Bells feature a Secret and a couple of Librarians.
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January 2009
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01/26/09
Lykke Li writes sweet indie-pop like a dance-y doughnut.
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01/20/09
Heartless Bastards do garage-rock right.
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01/12/09
Can't afford to take a trip? Listen to Vacations. It's almost as relaxing.
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01/05/09
David Karsten Daniels throws them tales around.
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December 2008
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12/15/08
Aleks and the Drummer is a lo-fi-creepy-electro affair.
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12/08/08
We like Longwave again.
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12/01/08
Sebastien Tellier: OMG synth me so hot!
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November 2008
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11/24/08
Deastro goes all the way!
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11/17/08
Sebastien Grainger trades in thrash for pop.
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11/10/08
Royal Bangs are one of our very favorite new bands!
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11/03/08
Smashing Pumpkins reunite. This is strange.
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October 2008
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10/27/08
Little Joy? What is it?
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10/20/08
Darker My Love is britpop minus the whole brit part.
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10/13/08
Crystal Antlers are totally great for a paddle-out, bro-ham.
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10/08/08
Get beads of sweat when you see Ladyhawke rock her beats and synths.
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September 2008
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09/29/08
Here Come The New Kids On The Block!
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09/22/08
Sweet Cobra shrieks and slays and plays it LOUD.
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09/15/08
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson does his own thing.
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09/08/08
Appomattox rev up the riffs and bring it.
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09/02/08
The Dutchess and The Duke take a nostalgic rug ride.
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August 2008
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08/25/08
Woodhands: the next generation of nerd-rock
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08/18/08
Baltimore's Ponytail rock a strange and primal party.
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08/11/08
Oneida deconstructs the Empty Bottle.
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08/04/08
Pterodactyl keeps dirty-drone from going the way of the dinosaur.
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July 2008
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07/28/08
Baltimore's Wye Oak are easy like the Orioles.
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07/24/08
Noah and the Whale: an IFC movie soundtrack waiting to happen.
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07/21/08
Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears rock Lollapalooza!
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07/14/08
The XYZ Affair make power-pop proud again.
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07/08/08
Abe Vigoda are such chipper punks.
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June 2008
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06/30/08
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: catchy name/catchy songs
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06/23/08
The Death Set are probably funnest when you're most drunkest.
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06/16/08
Partyshank battles Fisher-Price.
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06/09/08
Crystal Castles rips them electro-glitches up.
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06/02/08
The Uglysuit's shining pop gives these dudes a bright future.
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May 2008
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05/26/08
Dianogah's dueling bass grooves are back.
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05/19/08
M83 rock electro-dream.
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05/12/08
The Long Blondes blow-up.
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05/06/08
Lykke Li makes sweet and dance-y indie-pop.
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05/06/08
Does It Offend You, Yeah? No, not really.
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April 2008
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04/29/08
Basia Bulat is about to blow-up
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04/22/08
They're not messy, they're Tyvek.
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04/15/08
The Cave Singers: R.I.Y.L. nostalgia + beer
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04/08/08
Destroyer's sound is always a day early and a few bucks in the black.
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04/01/08
Fleet Foxes rock your father's record collection.
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March 2008
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03/25/08
Jens Lekman goes to Magnetic Fields territory and beyond.
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03/18/08
Beach House play with their tempo turned down.
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03/11/08
Evethus the Deadbeats slay it strange.
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03/04/08
Shining's explosions of sound.
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February 2008
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02/26/08
The Most Serene Republic make BIG pop.
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02/18/08
Crystal Castles rips them electro-glitches up.
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02/12/08
Tornavalanche will destroy you.
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02/04/08
Iron and Wine does DuPage County.
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January 2008
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01/22/08
The Teenagers are dirty, and funny and thankfully, catchy.
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01/15/08
Girl Talk samples everyone.
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01/08/08
William Elliot Whitmore sings the blues.
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01/03/08
Coltrane Motion make lo-fi rock sound so electro.
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December 2007
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12/18/07
Tortoise let you live. Albeit slowly.
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12/11/07
Thrill Jockey turns fifteen!
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12/04/07
The Most Serene Republic make BIG pop.
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November 2007
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11/27/07
Does Zookeeper mean emo has all growns up?
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11/19/07
AIDS Wolf: awesome or awful?
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11/13/07
The Pipettes: Spice Girls meets The Ramones?
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11/06/07
Bald Eagle rock hard and fast.
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October 2007
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10/30/07
Go See Goes Cube And Get Yourself Punished.
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10/23/07
Hot Club De Paris: mid-90's Chicago rock this is not
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10/16/07
Dappled Cities makes me wish I could sing better.
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10/10/07
Lo-Fi-Fnk = exceptional electro-pop
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10/03/07
Philly's Genghis Tron rocks the brutal blasts.
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September 2007
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09/24/07
Knock it off, Old Time Relijun! It's not funny!
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09/24/07
All Smiles: Grandaddy guitarist has at it alone.
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09/17/07
Maserati are faster than they used to be.
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09/05/07
Andrew Bird's inventive self-made orchestra.
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09/04/07
Small Brown Bike reunites to play two shows at Subterranean.
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August 2007
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08/28/07
Yacht plugs in and rocks the cute, the quirky and the catchy.
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08/15/07
Mika Miko rock the new wave pre-punk.
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08/08/07
Mixel Pixel mix it up, 2600 style.
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08/01/07
The Foundry Field Recordings: good lo-fi pop.
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July 2007
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07/25/07
Blitzen Trapper: Grateful Dead meets Sgt. Pepper meets the sunshine.
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07/18/07
Moth!Fight! make cool carnival music.
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07/12/07
Team Robespierre bring punk to the electro-party.
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07/03/07
The Prids aren't all synthy doom and gloom.
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June 2007
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06/26/07
Langhorne Slim sings the blues.
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06/25/07
Canada's Apostle of Hustle tweak the Broken Social Scene sound.
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06/13/07
dios (malos) rock the melodic, sunny pop.
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06/06/07
A Sunny Day In Glasgow make meticulously arranged noise.
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May 2007
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05/30/07
American Heritage are relentless in their riffs.
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05/23/07
Beach House play with their tempo turned down.
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05/16/07
Go see The Fucking Champs. Just do it.
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05/09/07
Tornavalanche will destroy you.
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05/02/07
Mastodon rocks. But you already knew that.
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April 2007
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04/25/07
Holy Fuck! Everyone Loves an Experimental Electro Canadian Collective.
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04/18/07
The Books create wonder collages.
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04/11/07
Ghostland Observatory like electro.
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04/04/07
Here come the Klaxons.
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March 2007
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03/28/07
Genghis Tron grind it out.
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03/21/07
Battles create futuristic math-rock.
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03/13/07
Loney, Dear's grand orchestral vision.
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03/07/07
Maps and Alases are all over the place.
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February 2007
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02/28/07
By the End of Tonight you will be destroyed.
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02/21/07
The Six Parts Seven: casually catchy
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02/14/07
Toronto's Do Make Say Think play restrained orchestral rock.
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02/07/07
Call Me Lightning have horsepower.
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January 2007
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01/31/07
Thankfully, Grizzly Bear dream differently.
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01/24/07
Camera Obscura brings bright optimism to Logan Square Auditorium.
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01/17/07
Plastic Little makes rap fun again.
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01/10/07
Cause Co-Motion takes this distortion and shoves it.
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01/03/07
Dirty on Purpose play Schubas
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December 2006
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12/13/06
Lots of people are loving Matt & Kim.
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12/13/06
Oh My Rockness' Best of 2006 List!
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November 2006
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11/29/06
Born Ruffians were born better.
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11/15/06
Tokyo Police Club's optimistic pop.
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11/08/06
The Big Sleep awaken!
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11/01/06
Australia's The Presets bring the grimy beat.
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October 2006
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10/25/06
The Plastic Constellations play cheerfully blazing post-punk
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10/25/06
Doveman would be a really lame superhero...good thing it's a band.
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10/11/06
Baby Dayliner's joyful croon.
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10/04/06
Spank Rock is dirty
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September 2006
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09/27/06
Sunset Rubdown is the weirder Wolf Parade.
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09/20/06
The Thermals: Happy Rock Sans Cheese
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09/13/06
Annuals use their imagination.
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09/06/06
Envelopes have savvy.
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August 2006
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08/30/06
M. Ward's nod to nostalgia
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08/23/06
Comets on Fire get their stoney garage jams on.
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08/16/06
The Advantage rock Nintendo.
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08/09/06
Silversun Pickups need your help in getting back to 1993.
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08/02/06
Oh No! Oh My! play giddy guitar pop
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July 2006
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07/26/06
Genghis Tron grind it out.
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07/26/06
From Monument To Masses should put on an explosive show.
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07/19/06
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: catchy name/catchy songs
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07/12/06
The Black Angels bring back the bass
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07/06/06
Professor Murder are a bang bang band.
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June 2006
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06/28/06
Richard Swift revives a long forgotten time.
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06/21/06
Final Fantasy sings about sex with strings.
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06/14/06
The Plastic Constellations play cheerfully blazing post-punk
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06/08/06
David Thomas Broughton's songs are like an unmarked grave.
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May 2006
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05/31/06
We Are Wolves are probably the second best band that utilizes the word
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05/24/06
Rahim. One of our favorite new bands. Period.
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05/18/06
Boris bruises.
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05/10/06
Islands are not your average Unicorn.
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05/03/06
Kind of Like Spitting gives Sufjan a run for his money.
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April 2006
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04/26/06
Bell Orchestre play serene, cinematic sounds.
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04/20/06
Tapes N' Tapes came here to party.
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04/12/06
Crystal Skulls play slippery pop.
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04/05/06
Voxtrot rock good naturedness.
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March 2006
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03/29/06
Great Lake Swimmers play bittersweet folk.
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03/22/06
Joggers rock the sloppy sound.
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03/14/06
The National's simply solid songs.
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03/08/06
The Books create wonder collages.
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03/01/06
Serena Maneesh are out to slay.
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February 2006
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02/22/06
Mogwai is back!
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02/15/06
Voxtrot are contagious.
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02/08/06
Australia's Wolfmother play classic rock.
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02/02/06
Devin Davis' playful anthems are short and sweet.
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January 2006
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01/25/06
Catfish Haven's croonings, longings, and liquorings
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01/19/06
Owen puts a hush on Beat Kitchen.
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01/12/06
Bound Stems' raspy fuzz rock.
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01/05/06
French Toast are not your typical Dischord band.
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December 2005
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12/21/05
Juan Maclean is tense these days
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12/15/05
We like Mommy and Daddy and they like each other.
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12/08/05
The Good Life play subtle, personal pop.
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12/01/05
The massive maturation of The Appleseed Cast
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November 2005
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11/23/05
Early Man are pretty...pretty insane that is!
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11/16/05
Kiss Me Deadly's cornerstone are catchy hooks.
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11/09/05
The Narrator play too darn loud.
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11/03/05
Saxon Shore play to the climactic and dramatic
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October 2005
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10/27/05
Thunderbirds are Now! are a wail of a good time. And you can quote us on that too.
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10/20/05
31Knots play those rare jazzy jams that don't suck
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10/12/05
Say Hi To Your Mom and Tell Her I Made Her the Best Mix-Tape Ever.
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10/06/05
Tight Phantomz lead their axes towards classic rock magic
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September 2005
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09/29/05
Palaxy Tracks bring their soft sounds to Double Door.
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09/22/05
Hot Chip Play Empty Bottle
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09/15/05
Tom Vek plays Schuba's
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09/08/05
Criteria play Beat Kitchen.
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09/01/05
The Double Either Frustrate or Elate: You Can Be the Judge
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August 2005
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08/25/05
Engine Down plays Bottom Lounge.
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08/15/05
Thunderbirds are Now! are a wail of a good time. And you can quote us on that too.
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