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  WATCH: Best New Band of '09 Unplugs at SPIN

  September 18, 2009 – If you'd like to know why we touted Girls as the "band responsible for the year's most captivating, if not outright best, debut album" in our October issue, look no further than these three videos, filmed when the band dropped by our NYC office for a stripped down, three-song set before the first date on their U.S. summer tour opening for Los Campesinos! From their forthcoming full-length, Album, out Tuesday (Sept. …
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  Say Anything's Max Bemis Plays New Song!

  September 3, 2009 – As the frontman/mastermind of Say Anything, Max Bemis expresses himself without any filter: On his first album, Say Anything...Is a Real Boy, he sang about how he got dumped over the revealing nature of his songs, and, as a result, "won't ever have rough sex with Molly Connolly again." But something's different now for Bemis, as he prepares to release his third album, a self-titled effort due Nov. …
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  Watch: Frightened Rabbit Unplugged in NYC

  July 29, 2009 – Scottish quartet Frightened Rabbit recently finished recording their next album -- due in early 2010. (We're fans of their last one, The Midnight Organ Fight.) And while in the U.S. …
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  Watch Au Revoir Simone Perform!

  July 8, 2009 – Don't let their looks fool you -- Au Revoir Simone are more than just three pretty faces. Standing fiercely behind their keyboards during a performance at our in-office concert series, SPIN Sessions, the three Brooklyn gals laid out dreamy synth-pop bolstered by a drum machine that kept toes tapping along. Formed in 2003, the trio have garnered remix love from Hot Chip and Air, and have opened for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. …
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  Watch White Rabbits Perform at the SPIN Office

  May 28, 2009 – Brooklyn, NY, rockers White Rabbits' recently-released sophomore effort is titled It's Frightening -- but there was nothing scary about the band's recent mini-concert at SPIN's downtown Manhattan offices. True, the group performed in front of a dark backdrop, with eerie lighting, and their percussive, piano-tinged indie-rock sounded pretty moody at times. But their Tom Waits-on-coke tales of urban nightlife were downright haunting. …
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  SPIN Sessions: The Gaslight Anthem Unplugged

  April 7, 2009 – It's easy to draw a line from the soulful punk rock of New Jersey-bred band the Gaslight Anthem back to fellow Garden State hero Bruce Springsteen. …
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  SPIN Sessions: Cursive Unplugged

  March 31, 2009 – For the latest episode of our new concert series, SPIN Sessions, we invited Omaha's finest four-piece, Cursive, to drop by our New York offices for an acoustic set. …
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  SPIN.com Concert: Manchester Orchestra Unplugged

  March 16, 2009 – Up-and-coming Atlanta quintet Manchester Orchestra are making a name for themselves with a raucous guitar sound that'sdeepened by frontman Andy Hull's emotional lyrics and tender vocals (check out "I Was a Lid" for proof). …
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  Exclusive Video: Metric, Unplugged in NYC

  February 27, 2009 – Metric will release their first record in four years, Fantasies, on April 14.Anxious to hear the new tunes?Why wait: SPIN.com has video of the band playing acoustic renditions of two new songs in our office! Below, check out video of frontwoman Emily Haines and guitarist Jimmy Shaw performing "Twilight Galaxy" and "Front Row." Then watch legendary VJ John Norris chat with the duo about their upcoming release, its creation and sound, th …
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