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Sounds like:
Wipers,
Ty Segall,
Jay Reatard,
The Ponys,
The Men
By
John Matthew Simon
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Jul 20, 2012
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Heavy Times create the raucous nature and big sound that demands you keep the needle digging into the vinyl. Their late 2011 release on Hozac Records, Jacker, is a noise punk tirade. It is a chaotic mixture of pop-sensibility and garage rock fervor m...
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2

Sounds like:
Bleeding Knees Club,
Wavves,
The Drums
By
Monica McClure
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Jul 19, 2012
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Step-Panther are like that garage band that you always wanted to play in when you were in high school (and is it just me or does their name also remind you of Anchorman?) Their self-titled debut album was released at the end of last year, so I've bee...
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3

Sounds like:
The Strokes,
Queens of the Stone Age,
Early White Stripes
By
Vanessa Torres
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Jun 8, 2012
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The Swedish quintet rockers The Hives have returned with their crowd-provoking fifth album, Lex Hives, after a few hiatus years and "Go Right Ahead" is their first single. With this track, they prove that they've stuck with what made them popular in ...
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4

Sounds like:
Bleeding Knees Club,
Sex Pistols,
The Clash,
Wavves
By
Monica McClure
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Jun 7, 2012
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Punk music, you took a terrible detour during the 90s, but I am learning to forgive you with your latest wave of lo-fi tunes. I'm not entirely sure how to explain the attraction of messy, mumbley, repetitive, wall-of-sound music like "Something Happe...
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5

Sounds like:
Gaslight Anthem,
Cloud Nothings,
Against Me!
By
Eric Shapiro
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May 2, 2012
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With 1990s nostalgia in full swing, contemporary rock bands have taken to mining the motifs of that decade's music to an unprecedented degree. Some artists, such as Cloud Nothings (check out their latest release, Attack on Memory), channel the abrasi...
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6

Sounds like:
Death From Above 1979,
The Rapture,
Crystal Castles,
LCD Soundsystem
By
Monica McClure
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Apr 26, 2012
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If you're listening to DZ Deathrays, I would advise you to play them loud. Very loud. Apologize to your mother, shut your door, and twist that volume knob. DZ Deathrays are Shane Parsons on guitar and vocals, Simon Ridley on drums, and a hell of a lo...
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7

Sounds like:
Ras_G,
Sa-Ra,
Flying Lotus
By
sweeney kovar
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Mar 30, 2012
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Taz Arnold has always been, for many, a mystery. As a part of the highly influential though unsung trio Sa-Ra Creative Partners, many wondered where Taz fit. While Shafiq Husayn was the master drum and sound programmer and Om'mas Keith was the musica...
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8
Sounds like:
The Cramps,
B-52s,
The Stooges,
Iggy Pop
By
Hugh McClure
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Mar 3, 2012
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Remember when music was all about cool? A throw-back to a bygone era, Sydney's Kill City Creeps have developed a twisted mixture of '60s psychedelia and '70s glam rock bound to intrigue. For those who enjoy music without mind-numbing auto-tune or end...
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