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  Watch Lower Dens Do Tripped-Out Trust Falls in 'Candy' Video

  August 3, 2012 – The idea that you can develop a rapport between people by forcing them to interact in a series of organized rituals would be crazy if militaries hadn't been proving the truth in it for centuries. The latest video from Lower Dens' dreamy noise-rock album Nootropics (via Gorilla vs. Bear) emphasizes the insane aspect of corporate team-building retreats. …
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• Lower Dens, 'Nootropics' (Ribbon Music)

  May 1, 2012 – Jana Hunter, frontwoman for hazy, psych-folk crew Lower Dens never has shied away from stark social commentary. She's a cultural activist at best, an arty politicker at worst. Once a staple of Devendra Banhart's Gnomonsong freak-folk caravan and now a part of a small, self-contained arts scene in Baltimore, she's made bemoaning the coming apocalypse a full-time hobby by now. …
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  Lower Dens: Freak-Folk Femme Lets Her Indie-Rock Flag Fly

  March 28, 2012 – WHO: "When I first started playing the guitar, I had no idea what I was doing," says Jana Hunter, 33, on discovering the instrument in high school. …
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  See Lower Dens' Minimal New Video for 'Brains'

  February 21, 2012 – When Lower Dens' Jana Hunter set out to write Nootropics, her Baltimore folk-gaze crew's forthcoming full-length (and Ribbon Music debut), she opted to start with a keyboard instead of a guitar, just as an exercise. "Brains," the minimal but seismic first listen from that full-length still features some guitar strings, but it's a markedly different animal from anything Hunter's offered to date. …
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  Best Photos from SXSW: Day 3

  March 19, 2011 –  …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week: CMJ Edition!

  October 22, 2010 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! …
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