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  Hear Wye Oak's Hypnotic Adult Swim Track 'Spiral'

  July 2, 2012 – Last year's Civilian, by the Baltimore duo of singer-guitarist Jenn Wasner and drummer-keyboardist Andy Stack, was one of the year's understated pleasures. Wye Oak's latest, the rhythm-driven "Spiral," takes a new-wavey turn from that album's smoldering, Americana-smudged indie rock, adding marimba, programmed drums, and mesmerizing vocal effects. …
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  Twitter Trio: Steven Tyler, Black Keys + More

  May 5, 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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  Wye Oak, 'Civilian' (Merge)

  March 8, 2011 – This Baltimore male-female duo's third album alternates gorgeous currents of dread, catharsis, assurance, and doubt. Singer-guitarist Jenn Wasner's voice and lyrics -- smoky, seductive, strange -- are perfectly framed by everything from chugging shoegaze ("Holy Holy") to subdued thrum ("Fish") to virtually nothing (the gutting closer "Doubt"). …
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  Invisible Children Hit Austin with Deer Tick, Wye Oak!

  March 4, 2011 – Invisible Children, a media-based non-profit organization that seeks to end conflict in in Central East Africa brought on by a rebel army, is hosting a four day series of street performances from artists at SXSW to raise awareness for their cause. "The Silver Series" will feature 25 bands celebrating 25 years of SXSW and recognizing the 25th year of war in East Africa. …
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  Breaking Out: Wye Oak

  August 19, 2009 – Many bands endure the galling process of getting grades from critics (A for "next Radiohead," D for "next Nickelback, if they practice harder"). Wye Oak is one of the few to be graded by actual professors. But drummer-keyboardist Andy Stack, a recording major at University of Maryland Baltimore County, opened himself up to this when he decided to turn his and singer-guitarist Jenn Wasner's second album into his senior thesis. …
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  Hot New Band: Wye Oak

  May 8, 2009 – Somewhere between Neko Case's reverb-drenched Americana rock and Beach House's shoegazing whimsy is Wye Oak, a Baltimore duo whose new album, The Knot (out July 21 via Merge), is in heavy rotation here at SPIN.com. First forming in 2006 under the name Monarch, the duo -- 23-year-old Andy Stack (drums, keyboards, backup vocals) and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Jenn Wasner (vocals, guitar) -- recorded their debut album, If Children and to …
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