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February 24, 2010, 9:10 am

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Annuals got a lot of attention for their 2006 debut, Be He Me. It was pretty well deserved, even if …

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February 22, 2010, 9:17 am

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The boys and girl of Thunder Power are a flexible bunch, I’ll give them that. What began as a thoroughly …

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February 10, 2010, 9:50 am

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Last December, when we were all getting our “Most Anticipated Albums of 2010” lists together, the only people who didn’t …

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February 1, 2010, 9:38 am

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I’m not one of those people who “get” Madonna. Sorry, Madonna. I understand that you’re a pioneer and a legend …

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January 27, 2010, 1:25 pm

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Remember OK Go, guys? The treadmill music video from a few years back? Those guys. They blew up like crazy, …

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January 25, 2010, 9:06 pm

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In 2008, when Los Campesinos! released their first two albums, I texted a buddy of mine to ask if he’d …

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January 4, 2010, 11:27 am

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Studies show there have been about one million bands that have come out of Brooklyn over the past two years …

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December 29, 2009, 9:22 am

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Deer Tick is hardly the first alt/indie band to make some shy advances towards country music before wholly succumbing to …

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December 10, 2009, 9:07 am

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Athlete pretty much proves all of our most cynical theories about major label success. Back in 2002, when they first …

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