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  Hear the Toadies and Sarah Jaffe Cover PJ Harvey for Record Store Day 7-Inch

  April 18, 2013 – The Toadies — churning masters of '90s 7/8 alt-heavy — and fellow Texas songwriter Sarah Jaffe have teamed up to cover PJ Harvey for a Record Store Day 7-inch. The Toadies came from the water in 1994, so going "Down by the Water" with PJ Harvey's 1995 hit wasn't that much of a stretch. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Toadies Cover LCD Soundsystem

  April 14, 2011 – This year's array of releases for Record Store Day (see SPIN's picks here) is loaded with cover songs, and one in particular impressed us: Texas hard rockers Toadies doing a version of LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver jam "Someone Great." As expected, it's totally unexpected and awesome. Recorded live last August during Toadies' annual Dia de los Toadies festival in Texas, the song opens with a mandolin echoing LCD's synthy intro, and …
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  New Albums from Lissie, Brian Wilson & More!

  August 17, 2010 – Here's a rundown of the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today: Lissie, Catching a TigerWhen the songs match her skills, she's golden.Read Review >> Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson Reimagines GershwinTwo American masters take leisurely sandy stroll.Read Review >> Ray LaMontagne, God Willin' & the Creek Don't RiseHis heart's in the country, his paycheck's in the city.Read Review >> Sea of …
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  EXCLUSIVE: New Toadies Tune

  July 8, 2010 – Fort Worth, TX, alt-rockers the Toadies -- the guys behind the 1994 grunge hit "Possum Kingdom" -- are preparing for the August 10 release of Feeler, their second album since reuniting in 2006. SPIN.com has scored the first leak from the set, "City of Hate," and if it sounds like vintage Toadies there's good reason. …
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  Exclusive: Toadies Play "Possum Kingdom"

  December 10, 2008 – After a seven-year absence, Toadies returned this year with an excellent new album, No Deliverance, and a supporting tour. And when frontman Vaden Todd Lewis and Co. finally rolled into Fort Worth, TX, for reunion show Dia De Los Toadies, the band played a kick-ass set on the shores of Possum Kingdom Lake. Sound familiar? …
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  Lollapalooza '08 Editors' Blog: Five (Maybe More) Observations from Day Two

  August 3, 2008 – 1. …
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  Join SPIN.com at Lollapalooza '08!

  July 30, 2008 – SPIN.com is packing up its festival bags once again this weekend for one of summer's biggest weekends: Lollapalooza, in Chicago's gorgeous Grant Park. With headline sets from the likes of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, and Kanye West, Lolla lacks little in star power, and we're unleashing our hounds accordingly. …
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  Live Toadies Video, From an NYC Rooftop

  June 27, 2008 – When we met up with the Toadies on a Manhattan rooftop yesterday afternoon, we were not alone, forced to conduct our taping under the watchful eyes of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin, a statue of whom adorned our location in Manhattan's Lower East Side. …
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  New Toadies MP3: "No Deliverance"

  June 10, 2008 – Since Toadies frontman Vaden Todd Lewis spilled the beans to SPIN.com on the '90s alt-rock act's much-anticipated new record, No Deliverance (out Aug. 19), their fervent fan base -- including us here at Spin HQ -- have been anxiously awaiting a sneak peek of the long overdue set. …
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