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Sounds like:
Rilo Kiley,
Jenny Lewis,
She & Him
By
Jess Alatorre
on
Aug 3, 2010
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Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley and her singer/songwriter boyfriend Johnathan Rice have teamed up as the newest girl-boy duo on the music scene. Can Jenny and Johnny give She & Him a run for their money? (Let's hope so!). Their surf-inspired, playful i...
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2

Sounds like:
April March,
Dum Dum Girls,
The Drums,
Vivian Girls
By
Kathlee Cleveland
on
Jul 27, 2010
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I can be iffy about pop music, especially surfer/pop records. This may have something to do with my aversion to anything that is bright and sunny, and my innate jealousy towards Californians. As much as I don't want to admit it, I love Best Coast in ...
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3

Sounds like:
The Splinters,
The Blow
By
Taylor Fife
on
Jul 21, 2010
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I totally have a crush on The Hot Toddies. I'm sorry if this in any way contributes to rampant sexism in popular music, but since the group titled their latest album "˜Get Your Heart On,' I'm going to assume this album is an attempt to make me fall i...
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4

Sounds like:
Beach Boys,
Girls,
Animal Collective,
Grizzly Bear
By
Taylor Fife
on
Jun 16, 2010
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When Koley O'Brien and Joe Spargur left their hometown behind and took off for San Francisco in 2008, they probably had no idea the Bay Area was on its way to being the focal point of a jangly doo-wop renaissance. Since the core members of A B & ...
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5

Sounds like:
Beach House,
The Drums,
Mates of State
By
Jess Alatorre
on
Mar 11, 2010
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There must be something in the crisp air over in Nordic Europe, because Sweden keeps producing great indie pop/rock music (think: Peter Bjorn and John, Jens Lekman, The Concretes, I'm From Barcelona and José González are all from Sweden!). And now,...
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6

Sounds like:
Ra Ra Riot,
Wavves,
Girls
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jan 20, 2010
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With Easter decorations only just going up (its mid January), Surfer Blood are already pining prematurely for Summertime. Astro Coast is an album filled with both that onset of Spring optimism as the days get longer, and late Summer nostalgia; seized...
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7

Sounds like:
Surfer Blood,
Girls,
Best Coast,
Ganglians
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jan 2, 2010
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I've been meaning to post something for weeks and weeks about Brooklyn band Real Estate, another pioneering group in the increasingly popular psychedelic surf pop movement which I've been heavily overindulging myself in recently.
In the same vein as...
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8

Sounds like:
Beach Boys,
Pocahaunted,
Fool's Gold
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Nov 22, 2009
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Best Coast is the latest project of Los Angeles musician, and former member of Pocahaunted, Bethany Cosentino. In her first musical endeavour since her work with the latter, Best Coast marks her return to California after a year in New York with
a...
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