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better than last two because less country but still just a perfect-pop band, IndieRockBoy has been promoting this band…

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very similar to first band but even more shamelessly trite and basic

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mortifying, they were a watered-down average country bar band, I was jaw-dropped disappointed but they moved me with songs I knew finally, I will still love them but the love will be a private love

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songwriter writes for Okkervil River also, had trouble focusing b/c tired and excited for my band, good also, had violin and banjo and keyboard, another good vocalist, similar to last band and my band

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OregonGirl has been calling them WMMF, that fool boy who sold MyFirstLove’s gang free SXSW wristbands in efforts to sleep with TroubleGirl (per her) is their guitarist—and he danced like a stiff-legged seizure kid, they were good though, nice vocals, I totally forget their sound right now, melancholy singing and upbeat pop rock I think

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really enjoyed analyzing surf punk, it’s jam music that closes the loop, it’s infectious and upbeat, it’s a specific small genre and it’s much more than that nu-nu-nu-nuuu-nu-nu-nu-nu…., how can they take themselves seriously despite all that?

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four young cute guys, keyboardist impressed a little, dead-on Van Morrison/Bob Schneider cross, got a little country rock, all right I suppose

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I really really liked them, all quality musicians—note the 7-string bass and the tear-wrenching beauty of Mary Hartigan’s (?) fiddle, music ranged in sincerity from Lou Reed lows to cheesy Pretenders-like (only egh) to salsa to bluegrass to psychedelic, frontman is married to Mary and his sister is lead vocalist

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The tour shirt on sale had a naked alanis in front of five naked Ladies. It was almost too much to think I would ever wear it in public, so I left my wallet tucked in my pocket.
Alanis tore through her set with her typical visceral aplomb. She stuck heavily to the first album, [...]

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08.09.2004 Barenaked Ladies / Alanis Morissette Au Naturale Tour Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA My friend Erin and I have already seen BNL three times this year, and only the double bill with Alanis ensured a fourth. Erin doesn’t know I bought her a ticket. Shh.
A typical night with the Barenaked Ladies included a trio of [...]

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