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March 2008

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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

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

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!

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

Pool Parties '07: Octopus Project, "Tuxedo Hat"

Octopus Project perform "Tuxedo Hat" off their album 'One Hundred Ten Thousand Million,' live at JellyNYC's Pool Party, July, 8 2007.

Man Man, "10 lb Mustache"

Man Man at JellyNYC's Pool Party, Brooklyn, NY 7.1.2007

Bonnaroo Reviewed: MGMT

MGMT live at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2008.

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