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Take Me To The Sea
ListenTake Me To The Sea by Jaguar Love

At a time when “indie” is increasingly used as a blanket term to cover all things gray and uniform, ...

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The Weight Is a Gift
ListenThe Weight Is a Gift by Nada Surf

After their 1996 hit "Popular," Nada Surf found themselves in danger of becoming one-hit wonders. Th...

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Blackblack
ListenBlackblack by Blackblack

"I am seriously depressed about my level of energy," Diva Dompe sighs at the outset the aptly-titled...

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You're Living All Over Me Slip It In Somery Double Nickels On The Dime

SST Records by Peter S. Scholtes

SST's standing in rock history is rumor or hype for many. Even those who were there question their memory: Could it really have been that good? Yet in terms of scope, influence, and sheer jolting greatness in the 1980s, only Def Jam comes close to eclipsing. For punks, it was as if Marvin Gaye had founded Motown and released one What's Going On after another: Black Flag's Damaged, Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime, Meat Puppets II, Husker Du's Zen Arcade – each one a blazing new world. "[We] knew there was nothi...
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eMusic Q&A: Mates of State by Keith Harris

Happily married couples have formed the nucleus of many a prominent indie rock band. But wife Kori Gardner and husband Jason Hammel are Mates of State — since they first joined forces in the late '90s in Lawrence, Kansas, it has been just the two of them, with Hammel bashing away on drums, and Gardner on electric organ, and the pair of them trading bright vocals that fall short of twee.

Ten years, five albums, and two kids after forming Mates of State, Hammel and Gardner seem to spend as much time on the road as...
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Top Alternative/Punk Tracks

  Listen Track Name Length Download
1. Listen Lost Coastlines
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
5:31 Download
2. Listen Singer Songwriter
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
3:49 Download
3. Listen Pop Lie
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
3:12 Download
4. Listen Calling And Not Calling My Ex
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
4:21 Download
5. Listen Starry Stairs
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
4:01 Download
6. Listen Blue Tulip
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
6:18 Download
7. Listen On Tour With Zykos
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
4:54 Download
8. Listen Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed On The Roof Of The Chelsea Hotel, 1979
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
5:54 Download
9. Listen The Stand Ins, One
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
0:47 Download
10. Listen Stand Ins, Two
Artist:
Okkervil River
Album:
The Stand Ins
0:31 Download

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