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Sounds like:
Pulp,
Blondie,
The B-52's
By
Callum Mitchell-Simon
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May 26, 2020
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You know that feeling when you hear a song for the first time, and the band performing appears before you practically fully formed, as if they've always been around? That's the vibe coming from Public Practice with...
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2

Sounds like:
Frank Ocean,
SZA,
Lauryn Hill
By
ahoglund
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Nov 22, 2017
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After emerging from the SoundCloud ether in 2015 with a dynamic Drake cover, NYC-based Celia Inside has been developing a fanbase around the strength of her voice and unusual, vulnerable storytelling. "Why don't you take it easy (easy on me)" coos th...
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3

Sounds like:
Lou Reed,
George Harrison,
Jonathan Richman,
By
ahoglund
on
Jul 12, 2017
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With an assist from Joe Harrison (production) and the Berklee-trained Jamie Walters (mix), NYC-based newcomer Brian Merrill has released the veracious first single "Fearless Few." The song has an almost lullaby-sweetness that betrays its lurking mani...
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4

Sounds like:
Milk Music,
Destruction Unit,
No Age
By
Lori Kay
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Jun 28, 2013
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In the four years since Trentemøller's critically acclaimed debut, he's been steadily building an eclectic catalogue of genre-bending singles and remixes. With tracks ranging from deep house to experimental techno to rock it should have been no surp...
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5

Sounds like:
Quiet Kids,
Paper Holland,
The Jones Family Singers
By
Lori Kay
on
Jun 28, 2013
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The high energy sounds of Yes and the Grateful Dead never really shook me, but for some reason, hearing Blitzen Trapper reinvent the sounds of 70s era folk rock 40 years later makes me feel nostalgic. Blitzen Trapper invites you to swap that pair of ...
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6

Sounds like:
Kings of Leon,
Langhorne Slim,
Alabama Shakes
By
Lauren Sloss
on
Jun 27, 2013
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I liked J. Roddy Walston & The Business from the moment I heard the punchy opening chords of their tune "Don't Break The Needle," and even more when the growling, shrieking, rasping vocals of J. Roddy himself came crashing in.But if you ask me, a...
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7

Sounds like:
Jay Electronica,
deadprez,
Nas,
Mos Def
By
sweeney kovar
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Dec 27, 2012
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For those who take rap music as an extension of black culture, iterations of which have previously been called funk, soul and jazz, there is a definite purpose and goal to hip-hop. No bar should be incidental, no verse meaningless. That is exactly ho...
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8

Sounds like:
Madlib,
J Dilla,
Ghostface Killah
By
sweeney kovar
on
Dec 24, 2012
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This is the best DOOM track I've heard in a while. His most recent project, JJ DOOM (with Janero Jarel), was cool, but it didn't quite reach the heights of wonderful weirdness that previous efforts had. After dominating the early 2000s with a bizarre...
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