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  Come Party with SPIN at the Surf Lodge This Summer!

  June 17, 2011 – June 17, 2011 - SPIN & The Surf Lodge in Montauk, NY, are partnering for yet another year of bringing the best emerging talent and indie music to this East Coast surf mecca. …
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  Breaking Out: Young the Giant

  May 17, 2011 – With its explosive blend of martial rhythms, dive-bomb guitar chords, and lead singer Sameer Gadhia's emphatic falsetto-to-bellow vocals, Young the Giant's breakthrough single, "My Body," sounds like the work of a band born to rattle rafters. But the frontman insists that isn't so. "We're nice normal dudes who don't take ourselves too seriously," says Gadhia. …
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  Inside the SPIN Party at Stubb's

  March 18, 2011 –  …
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  WATCH: Three Bands on the Road to SXSW

  March 14, 2011 – Hit the highway with SPIN and HP as we follow three young bands - Toronto's Rural Alberta Advantage, Wisconsin's Yellow Ostrich, and Newport Beach, CA's Young the Giant - on the road to Austin, Texas, for SXSW 2011.In a five-part video series, we'll give you a behind-the-scenes look at their trip, their passion for performing, and how they make music, plan tours, and connect with fans.Check out their videos now >>WATCH: Young the  …
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  WATCH: Hot SXSW Band -- Young the Giant

  February 24, 2011 – SoCal rockers Young the Giant are one of SPIN's must-hear bands at next month's SXSW festival in Austin. Get a taste of what they're all about in this beautifully-shot acoustic video for "Islands." Watch below!The twentysomethings perform the song in South Laguna Beach as the sun sets in the background. "We all enjoy playing these songs stripped down, because it is truest to the songwriting," frontman Sameer Gadhia tells SPIN. …
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  Young the Giant, 'Young the Giant' (Roadrunner)

  January 25, 2011 – These Orange County upstarts' most notable feature isn't their youthful vigor or melting-pot exoticism (members are of Indian, Persian, British, and French-Canadian descent). It's that Young the Giant project more ambition and emphatic sense of purpose than any band this side of U2. …
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  New Albums: Iron & Wine, Wanda Jackson + 19 More!

  January 25, 2011 – Here's our take on the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today: Iron & Wine, Kiss Each Other CleanMore Wine Please: Mild-mannered folkie is besotted with splashier canvas.Read Review Wanda Jackson, The Party Ain't OverQueen of Rockabilly lets young charge go hog wild. Read Review Destroyer, KaputtAllusive and elusive art rocker takes synth swoon.Read Review Deerhoof, Deerhoof vs. …
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