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  tUnE-yArDs, Sharon Van Etten Rule Late-Night TV

  January 6, 2012 – A pair of powerful-voiced indie chanteuses with contrasting styles hit the late-night talk show circuit last night. tUnE-yArDs, the eccentric pan-global folk-pop project of singer-songwriter Merrill Garbus, performed a couple of songs on Jimmy Kimmel Live! …
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  Twitter Trio: Patrick Stump & More

  April 29, 2011 – 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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  Best & Worst Moments of SXSW 2011: Day 1

  March 17, 2011 – BEST GLORIOUS NOISE: YUCK Maybe it was a trick of the environment -- the cool cobalt light, the perfect 70-degree weather, the endless supply of Lone Star beer -- but when Yuck played Stubb's Wednesday night, it seemed like each guitar note rang a little louder and longer. …
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  Breaking Out: Sharon Van Etten

  March 13, 2011 – Given that Sharon Van Etten studied music production at Middle Tennessee State University, stuck around the school's town, Murfreesboro, after dropping out to help run a small concert venue, and then worked as a publicist for indie label Ba Da Bing after moving to Brooklyn in 2006, it's fair to say that she's more comfortable with the music business than most young musicians -- except for one thing. …
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  10 Best Albums You Might Have Missed This Year

  December 13, 2010 – While our annual Best Albums list and Best Songs list tap directly into the year's musical zeitgeist, there are always additional records whose impact isn't as widely felt, but are absolutely worthy of being championed. …
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• Sharon Van Etten, 'Epic' (Ba Da Bing)

  September 21, 2010 – Equal parts lovesick and sick of love, Brooklyn drone-folkie Sharon Van Etten has cultivated a harder edge since her introspective, ethereal 2009 debut flirted with freak folk. On Epic, she's grown as brassy as vintage Lucinda Williams while still drowning in the intimate bite of street noise, the confessional feel of studio chatter, and the postmodern swirl of dream-pop slurry. …
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