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March 2008

Vampire Weekend: The Graduates

Thanks to the new speed of buzz, Vampire Weekend have gone from the Ivy League to the big leagues in record time. And everyone's impressed, it seems, but Vampire Weekend.

Paramore Is a Band

By Nicole Keiper

She's the flame-haired frontwoman for rock's most successful new act. But Hayley Williams just wants to be one of the guys.

The SPIN Interview: Stephen Malkmus

By Douglas Wolk

Over the course of two decades, Stephen Malkmus has traded Pavement's inscrutable, self-reflexive wordplay for marathon prog-guitar solos. "I'm just not that much into words lately," he says. Yet he speaks to us anyway.

Chicago, Ill!

By Jessica Hopper

Crash a raucous house party with the brightest stars of the Windy City's underground hip-hop scene.

Album Reviews

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Beat the Devil's Tattoo

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Leather-jacketed rock historians rev engines.
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Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can

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If T-Swift felt the pain of the ancients, and could sing.
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Love Is All - Two Thousand and Ten Injuries

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Buzzy Scandinavians bounce off the walls.
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Kleenex/LiLiPUT - Live Recordings, TV-Clips & Roadmovies

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Further proof of punk scamps' ingenious jollity.
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Kaki King - Junior

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Heartsick guitar heroine turns rage into riffage.
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Goldfrapp - Headfirst

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Nightclub chameleon flaunts '80s shimmer.
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Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis

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Metal mathematicians throttle anthemic formula.
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These New Puritans - Hidden

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Hey, kids, it's another apocalyptic soundtrack!
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The Whigs - In the Dark

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Georgia boys dumb it down too convincingly.
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Drive-By Truckers - The Big To-Do

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Like an episode of Intervention with guitars.
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jj - jj n° 3

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Mysteriously luring you into a 30-minute soul kiss.
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Miles Kurosky - The Desert of Shallow Effects

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Indie rocker splinters songs into eclectic vignettes.
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Kidz in the Hall - Land of Make Believe

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Backpack rap's brightest pupils lose their gleam.
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Jason Collett - Rat a Tat Tat

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Laid-back Canadian turns Dylan into sticky popsicle.
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