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  Wavves and Best Coast Plan Winter Tour

  November 16, 2010 – Wavves' Nathan Williams and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino may be the First Couple of Indie Rock, but the two lovebirds have never done a full-blown tour together - until now. The pair will team up with SPIN and MTV for a 27-date national outing, which kicks off January 21 in their hometown of San Diego. …
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  Wavves: Behind the Scenes with SPIN

  November 10, 2010 –  …
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  Mark Hoppus' Tuesday Pick: Wavves

  September 14, 2010 – At SPIN.com, we get pitches from aspiring writers all the time, but one we received last fall was quite different. It came from Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, who said he was dying to write a column about his favorite new bands for us-so we hired him! …
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  Best & Worst of Lollapalooza: Day 1

  August 7, 2010 – Best Reason to Wake Up Early: B.o.B.There were more dragonflies than fans on the damp expanse of Grant Park - and more people holding coffee cups than beers cozies - when the man born Bobby Ray Simmons took the stage at 11:30. What was with giving a guy who's moving so many units a slot in the Breakfast Club? Who knows, but before Squirt Boy's water bottles were even out of his holsterer, B.o.B. had the crowd overheated. …
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  New Albums from Arcade Fire, Wavves, & 5 more!

  August 3, 2010 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Arcade Fire, The SuburbsIn a hopeless, heartless world, rock's righteous collective rides in to save our souls (again!)Read Review >> Wavves, King of the BeachSo-bored surf punk worships at altar of Billie Joe.Read Review >> Mt. St. …
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  Wavves' Nathan Williams Finds Some Sunshine

  July 14, 2010 – Wavves' self-immolating wunderkind and indie-rock scourge Nathan Williams may be better known for one onstage disaster than for his hazy surf punk. This is about to change -- if he can just stay out of his own way. [Full Story] Looking at Nathan Williams, it's easy to think, Here comes trouble. …
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• Wavves, 'King of the Beach' (Fat Possum)

  July 2, 2010 – Behold, the greatest mindfuck to emerge from the '90s nostalgia mill since that Nicktoons coffee-table book a few years back: Indie rock has reclaimed Green Day. To be fair, on candy-chainsaw single "Post Acid," Wavves' Nathan Williams actually sounds more like a long-lost member of blink-182, though he'd likely make a strong case that he's a child of the Descendents. …
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  LISTEN: Wavves Drop Album Early to Combat Leak

  July 2, 2010 – SoCal indie trio Wavves have replaced their signature brand of lo-fi bedroom noise with a '90s skater-punk-inspired sound on their stellar new album King of the Beach -- and it's totally gnarly! …
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  The-Dream & Wavves Woo Partygoers in NYC

  June 30, 2010 – It's one of the odder pairings of the summer so far: surf-punk outfit Wavves opening for R&B smoothy The-Dream Tuesday night in the basement of New York's Hudson Hotel, where Fader held a party featuring the two acts, who appear on the cover of the magazine's Summer Music Issue. …
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  Wavves Debut New Songs at Tour Kick-Off

  June 21, 2010 – Flanked by two oversized papier mache aliens and a smoke machine billowing out the occasional plume, Nathan Williams and his new bandmates kicked off their tour at Lee's Palace in Toronto with a raucous combination of familiar songs and materialfrom their forthcoming Wavves album King Of The Beach (out August 3rdvia Fat Possum). Opening with his titular call to arms "Wavves," Williams unleashed aspiraling guitar solo whose reverb sound …
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