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Concrete Blonde

Concrete Blonde is an alternative rock band dating from the early 1980s to the early 1990s (and re-formed again in the 2000s). They are best known for the poignant songwriting and vocals of Johnette Napolitano. Singer / songwriter / bassist Napolitano formed the band Dream 6 with guitarist James Mankey in Los Angeles in 1982, releasing an eponymous EP in France on the Happy Hermit label in 1983. When they signed with IRS in 1986, labelmate Michael Stipe suggested the name Concrete Blonde, describing the contrast between their hard rock music and introspective lyrics.

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Concrete Blonde California Rock

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alternative indie-rock

my very own sort of one hit wonders

Viktr Hall of Fame

Velcro

i have seen them live

Artists I own stuff by

vaguely countryish pre-grunge alterna new-orleans rock

Iveldie

music i should listen to one day

alternative dark

female vocalists alternative

Tony gonna do what Tony wanna do

2 times

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Mental As Anything

Mental As Anything is an Australian New Wave/rock music band who, since the late 70s have released numerous albums & singles and have produced many innovative music videos. Although they have worked in a much broader musical idiom, Mental As Anything are in many respects comparable to British band Madness, in that their music is typically delivered with a quirky, ironic sense of humour and a strong visual identity.

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Winter Hours

Some photos of Joseph Marques, the lead singer of Winter Hours, who passed away in 2003: http://www.chrometop.com/JM/

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Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)

Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) is a band from Fenton, Michigan inspired by midwest mid-nineties emo bands. Social media: facebook / twitter / myspace Labels: count your lucky stars / strictly no capital letters / stiff slack / keep it together / topshelf

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count your lucky stars

if I made a movie this would be in the OST

bt broadband wireless connection

Fenton

american football cover band

spotify

that fat nigga thought lean back was in the club

music i hope my future children will listen to

post-polothology

so i heard you like death cab for cutie

need to check out DEF

regretcore

absurdly long song title

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The Dream Syndicate

There are two groups known as The Dream Syndicate: 1. The Dream Syndicate was a guitar-driven band from L.A. from 1981 to 1989, originally associated with the paisley underground music movement. While attending the University of California, Davis, Wynn and Smith played together (with future True West members Russ Tolman and Gavin Blair) in The Suspects. Moving back home to Los Angeles, Wynn recorded a single under the name 15 Minutes (as in “of fame”) as his intended farewell to music. He did not follow that course.

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Blind Lemon Jefferson

video killed the radio star

40watt club

gitaar usa

Indie-rock and post-rock

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sweet california

need to check out

lesser known yet streamable artists

Band I want to hear more of

Golden greats of feel-good depression

hazy days and cloudy nights

mannequin men are at the altar

grupazos

music for the happy and dumb

nu-bluz funky grooves in the e-lounge

vacuum boots

guitar post punk

classic los angeles band

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Del Amitri

Del Amitri are a Pop-rock guitar band, formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1980. They came together at school as teenagers when Justin Currie (bass and vocals), James Scobbie (guitar and vocals) and Donald Bentley (guitar) formed a band in reaction against the rest of the 'rockers' in the school. The name was chosen deliberately because it didn't mean anything but sounded a bit like someone's name - early Del Amitri did not want to be classified and their existence was kept secret from the rest of the school.

Milk White

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Afghan Whigs

American band the Afghan Whigs were a soul-influenced, alternative rock band that was mainly active in the 1990s. While achieving only moderate commercial success, the Afghan Whigs attracted ample critical acclaim and deeply loyal fans, Rolling Stone described the band as spending "the bulk of their career on the brink of stardom", yet they've "never quite broken beyond a substantial legion of devotees enamored of their thinly veiled sleaze."

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best background for cigarettes

klamottenzusammenhauen

indie rock and indie pop

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Ken Stringfellow

Ken Stringfellow is most widely known as Jon Auer's partner in the Seattle-based "power pop" group, The Posies, but is also a well-respected artist and producer in his own right. Ken's solo career began with the 1997 release, This Sounds Like Goodbye and the low-fi, experimental feel of this album was a departure from the richness of The Posies sound. His second solo release, Touched, had the misfortune of a September 11, 2001 street date and as a result, did not receive the attention it deserved.

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Naked Raygun

Official Site: http://www.nakedraygun.org
Naked Raygun was a very influential Chicago-based punk band of the 1980s and early 1990s. All incarnations featured Jeff Pezzati on vocals. Members over time include Jim Colao and Eric Spicer on drums, Pierre Kezdy and Camilio Gonzalez on bass, and Santiago Durango. John Haggerty, and Bill Stephans on guitar. Naked Raygun began as a noisy, free-form artist, often trading members with Big Black but later sharpened into a hard pop outfit in a league with the Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, and The Jam.

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