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Sounds like:
Yo La Tengo,
Guided By Voices,
The Von Bondies,
By
Gabby Castellano Strang
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Nov 19, 2018
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The hangnails of '90s alternative can pull you into the underrated side of the genre, where Detroit’s Outrageous Cherry lived in a power pop spindle of songs on lovelorn and self-contemplation for over twenty years, up until Meet You In The Shadows -...
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2

Sounds like:
Blondfire,
Royal Teeth,
The Joy Formidable
By
Danielle Benedetti
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Mar 5, 2018
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As a girl with bangs, I was hesitant to listen to anything by a band called Kitten, lest a boy appear out of the ether and hit me with another, "Wow, you're just like Zooey Deschanel."
And then I remembered I write for a website called Indie Shuffl...
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3

Sounds like:
Bikini Kill,
Patti Smith,
The Killers
By
Carolyn Hanson
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Sep 7, 2016
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It's always admirable seeing someone own their own presence and image completely. Living the life that they want to be living above the life that anyone else wants them to live. Daisy Victoria is that kind of person.
"Animal Lover" is power pop wit...
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4

Sounds like:
Teen Suicide,
LVL UP,
Narc Twain
By
Carolyn Hanson
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Aug 19, 2016
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I have no idea how "New Brubeck," a song released in October 2015, ended up on BIRP.fm's August 2016 playlist, but I'm glad it did. Without it, I would never have known of Super Defense at all. The Syracuse-based bedroom pop artist (real name Andy Ho...
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5

Sounds like:
The New Pornographers,
Cheers Elephant,
Rooney
By
Connor Dillman
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May 31, 2016
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Noel Heroux's self-titled first LP as his new project Mass Gothic has been floating around for a few months now, but I recently got to listen to it front to back for the first time and was incredibly impressed with how fresh and well-rounded the enti...
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6

Sounds like:
Taco Cat,
Bleached,
The Coathangers
By
Christiana Bartolini
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Feb 24, 2016
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Witching Waves' "Pitiless" is a power ballad with pop sensibility.
The relentless drums paired with super fuzzed out guitar lends the grittiest of gritty sounds. Their prog rock style balances out what would otherwise be considered purely grunge. Th...
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7

Sounds like:
Reptile Youth,
The Killers,
Joy Division
By
David Peter Simon
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Dec 17, 2015
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New obsession, relatively old tunes. While I'm not usually an indie power pop kinda guy, I'm a sucker for anything French that's somewhat inspired by surf and new wave.
We're listening to Concorde, a French indie electronic band spearheaded by Cleme...
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8

Sounds like:
Dire Straits,
The Police,
Weezer
By
Cassie Morien
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Jun 7, 2015
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Forget the bells and the hell with whistles. Christopher Martin and Chris Phillips don’t need much to make fantastic music. This duo simply employs an electric guitar, a drum kit, and their voices to create big ‘80s pop.
Their last album, SUPERMEGAF...
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