By
Anu Rana
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May 21, 2013
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The first 30 seconds of "Dustbowl" had me thinking "This is nice," and then Ben Smolin's voice reaches a higher pitch and becomes deeper in emotion, and I thought, "This is serious." Ben and Alison Smolin's stories coalesce and echo the sentiment, "I...
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By
Taylor Fife
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Jul 31, 2010
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After years of being dominated with varieties of twee, freak folk, and singer-songwritingy mellowness, independent music finally dealt with the oversaturation of acoustic guitars and harmonicas by shifting heavily into synths and sampling. Synthpop/c...
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By
Hugh McClure
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Jan 7, 2013
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Beach House is currently wowing fans on their current Australian tour, but there's a local band making music the dream pop duo would be proud of. Jay Kranz and Virginia Bott recently released their first single under their project Brighter Later (hav...
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By
RSkotarczyk
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Sep 6, 2013
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I don't ever listen to the radio. Does this song get a lot of air time? The way I stumbled on it was fairly organic -- as organic as digital discoveries can be. Point is, my love for this track has not been influenced or tainted by mass media, and I ...
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