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Nada Surf – If I Had a Hi-Fi

June 7, 2010, 9:39 am

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Wanna feel old? Nada Surf’s wondrous one hit, “Popular,” was released in 1996, back when the Internet was still coming …

Cocorosie – Grey Oceans

June 2, 2010, 9:52 am

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The Cassidy sisters, Sierra and Bianca, have quite the reputation that travels ahead of them, a stigma some might say. …

Gimme Gimme Gimme – Reinterpreting Black Flag

May 5, 2010, 11:25 am

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Gimme Gimme Gimme is an interesting concept: take well-known and much loved noise punk gut blasts from the first five …

The Midnight Kids – Basement Dreams

April 6, 2010, 9:46 am

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Local DC favorites the Apes have disbanded and formed the Midnight Kids with Lou Lou Ghelichkhani from Thievery Corporation (a …

The Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen (Reissue)

March 4, 2010, 11:20 am

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“Well I don’t want just a girl to fool around with/ Well I don’t want just a girl to ball …

Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker – Live @ Middle East Downstairs

February 24, 2010, 8:40 pm

Little known fact: Camper Van Beethoven were one of the best bands of the 1980s, partly due to David Lowery’s …

Chris Bell – I Am the Cosmos

February 3, 2010, 9:17 am

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“Then time will tell just who fell and who’s been left behind, when you go your way and I go …

Grant Hart – Live @ Middle East Upstairs

January 23, 2010, 2:13 pm

Maybe it’s because I saw my first kick ass rock and roll show there (Lucero, the spring of 2004), but …

Julian Lennon & James Scott Cook – The Lucy EP

January 20, 2010, 9:32 am

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It’s odd to think that it’s been over 25 years since Julian Lennon debuted in 1984 with Valotte, an album …

Exene Cervenka – Somewhere Gone

December 21, 2009, 11:13 am

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Somewhere Gone is only Exene Cervenka’s third solo album since X’s first dissolution in the late ’80s and superficially that’s …