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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  January 21, 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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  Smith Westerns, 'Dye It Blonde' (Fat Possum)

  January 18, 2011 – It's time to stop calling Smith Westerns garage rockers. On their self-titled debut, the Chicago foursome mashed Nuggets scruff and T. Rex/Bowie stomp into some pretty immaculate songs, usually about girls and/or dreams. …
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  New Albums from the Decemberists & 7 More

  January 18, 2011 – Here's our take on the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today: The Decemberists, The King Is DeadThe Simpler Life: Colin Meloy nixes the pixie dust on the Decemberists' latest rock'n'roll fantasy.Read Review Robert Pollard, Space City KicksPop's busiest visionary finally controls quality.Read Review Smith Westerns, Dye It BlondeSpirited Teens: Windy City upstarts set their wide eyes on the stars.Read Revi …
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  The 27 Winter Albums That Matter Most

  November 29, 2010 –  …
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  SPIN's 5 Best New Artists for November

  November 4, 2010 –  …
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  Smith Westerns, 'Smith Westerns' (Fat Possum)

  November 3, 2010 – This waifish Chicago foursome's lo-fi garage-glam debut literally sounds like a band steaming up your basement -- tinny, muffled, exuberant, with songs so undeniable (nasally punk entreaty "Dreams"; stormy ballad "Be My Girl") that even the crabbiest dad would amble downstairs to kibitz. Smith Westerns obviously looks back to T. …
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