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Hold Steady Have a Massive Night in Pittsburgh

There's a reason the Hold Steady fit awkwardly into the rock world -- they're just not really cool. Still, that's the best thing about the band. Frontman Craig Finn dresses like an Old Navy dad on July 4, dances like a toddler throwing a tantrum and sings about feeling weird and making out and getting drunk. In a landscape where bands and bloggers ...

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Pretty Lights Releasing Three Free EPs in 2010

Just as Derek Vincent Smith of psychedelic-electro act Pretty Lights doesn't create your average dance tracks, he doesn't release his music in the average manner either. Namely, he gives it all away for free. No pay-what-you-want, no special code necessary -- Smith wants his fans to have his music as he finishes it just by downloading it from ...

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Wilco End US Tour With Marathon Set in Pittsburgh

Jeff Tweedy might've been indulging his sardonic side when he asked the audience "You got places to go? People to see tonight? Gotta pay the babysitter? Well, pay her a little extra." He wasn't kidding around. At Wilco's last US show scheduled this year -- aside from their Solid Sound summer festival -- in Pittsburgh, Pa., he led the band in a ...

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Jakob Dylan and Neko Case Kick Off Tour in Pittsburgh

Few artists get the opportunity for greatness that Jakob Dylan holds in his hand with his new solo album, 'Women and Country.' The Wallflowers leader landed not only T. Bone Burnett to produce, but also the use of two gorgeous voices in Neko Case and Kelly Hogan. The whole thing is muted, melody-heavy folk-pop, mostly at a baby-crawl pace. When ...

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Girls Play With Newfound Shine at Pittsburgh Show

In the half-year since San Francisco's Girls dropped their auspicious debut 'Album,' the band's seen a career's worth of ups and downs. First came the pre-release buzz, then the record-release freakout, then the string of "they could've been better" live reviews and, most recently, a relative calming of the seas. It wasn't entirely surprising ...

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The Low Anthem Risk Their Lives to Record New Album

Rhode Island quartet the Low Anthem have patiently watched as their second album, 'Oh My God, Charlie Darwin,' slowly picked up steam and pushed the band to the forefront of the burgeoning indie-folk scene. While it's great to see new fans appreciate the album, singer Ben Knox Miller tells Spinner the band is long overdue for a new album. Thanks, ...

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St. Vincent Provides Guitar Work on New Pornographers' 'Together'

With a guitar style that's rougher and more abstract than most in the indie universe, St. Vincent's Annie Clark has been making fans both bob and scratch their heads for years now. One of those fans recently figured that Clark's spacey guitar could add some depth to a decidedly poppy act -- the New Pornographers. As recently reported, Clark ...

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