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Walking in a Garage-Rock Wonderland: 10 Examples of 2009's Excellence in Terms of Scrappy, Catchy Song

“In the garage I feel safe No one cares about my ways In the garage Where I belong No one hears me sing this song In the garage” -Weezer: “In the Garage” For as long as dudes have been banging on six-strings, the garage has served as a safe haven of sorts, a place where, as Rivers Cuomo so melodically put it in the song above, said dudes could write “stupid words” and “stupid songs,” loving every one. And seemingly every few years since “garage rock” as a genre was coined way back in the middle ’60s, someone announces, breathlessly,...  read more

Vivian Girls Meet The Beets, Go On Tour

Vivian Girls have a little more than a week until their second album, Everything Goes Wrong, drops. To celebrate, the trio has paired up with band-to-watch The Beets for a handful of shows that promise to be as scrappy as they are catchy. But don't take our word for it; check out this promotional video the groups made for their joint "Nightmare of Sound" tour:...  read more

Five SXSW Acts I'm Sadly Going to Miss Today

Help me out, dear readers. Due to circumstances that are out of my control, I'll be heading back on a plane from Austin (not me) to Atlanta today in the early afternoon. Below are merely five acts I'm sad to miss. Please make it your job to go see them. There are many others, of course. Click here if you're having a tough time trying to decide how to spend your SXSaturday. But seriously, don't miss these:...  read more