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Sounds like:
The Stone Roses,
The Pixies,
The Beach Boys
By
Lucie Watson
on
Nov 13, 2014
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Manchester surf music, you ask? Surfing in Manchester? That's a thing? Not quite, but Manchester based muso Ryan Kennedy and his band have produced a sound that is reminiscent of California surf pop circa-1960s, and yet it fits so neatly into today's...
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Sounds like:
Velociraptor,
The Beach Boys
By
Sophie Wright
on
May 10, 2013
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I don't mean to be dramatic here, but if anything or anyone wakes me up before 10am, I am likely to set them on fire. I think I have found the cure for weekday mornings, however, and it's this song.Jeremy Neale, frontman and visionary of 12-piece ban...
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3

Sounds like:
The Beach Boys,
Of Montreal,
Miniature Tigers
By
Christiana Bartolini
on
Oct 17, 2012
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Hey shufflers, have you heard of Pretty & Nice? They're a quartet from Boston on a mission to make highly quirky and positively energetic music. And they're good at it too.Pretty & Nice are coming out with an EP on November 6 entitled US YOU ...
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4

Sounds like:
The Beach Boys,
Cults,
Random Phantom
By
Ron Swanson
on
May 7, 2012
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If there was music like this on the radio nowadays, I'd actually listen to something other than NPR, but unfortunately there's not. Thankfully we have the Internet.TV Girl is a band whose sound is one that even your grandparents would enjoy -- their ...
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5

Sounds like:
Franz Ferdinand,
The Beach Boys,
Vampire Weekend
By
Tim
on
Oct 22, 2011
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What is the difference between a good song and a great song? What is the difference between a "catchy melody" and a melody that speaks to your soul? Maybe we should ask Little Red. This finger-on-the-pulse Melbourne five-piece unleashed Midnight Reme...
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6

Sounds like:
The Beach Boys,
J Dilla,
Knxwledge
By
Dwayne
on
Aug 31, 2011
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Recently, I went to a so called hip-hop night at a club, where the said DJ had heard of neither J Dilla nor A Tribe Called Quest. To me, this was like a pop/rock DJ admitting he's never heard of The Beatles or the Beach Boys.Now, I think it's essenti...
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7

Sounds like:
She & Him,
The Beach Boys,
Alex Winston
By
Joshua Mellin
on
Apr 26, 2011
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Although it's the best summer city in the world (Charles Barkley's words!), there are only so many Chicago winters one can live through before bolting to a warmer climate. Gold Motel was essentially birthed from this idea.In 2008, Greta Morgan of The...
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8

Sounds like:
Best Coast,
Pure Ecstasy,
The Beach Boys
By
Devin Duckworth
on
Feb 14, 2011
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With only a year's separation between releases, Brooklyn's Beach Fossils wastes no time giving their fans what they want. Dropping February 22 via Captured Tracks, Beach Fossils newest 8-song EP titled What A Pleasure is bound to turn some heads and ...
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