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http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTgpTeb0Z8 With their fractured songs, unexpected blasts of feedback, laconic vocals, cryptic literate lyrics, and defiant low-fidelity, Pavement were one of the most influential and distinctive bands to emerge from the American underground in the ’90s. Pavement, along with Sebadoh, were the leaders of the lo-fi movement that dominated U.S. indie rock in the early ’90s. Initially conceived as a studio project between guitarists/vocalists Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg in the ’80s, Pavement gradually became a band during the early...
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Sheppard is an Australian indie pop band formed in Brisbane in 2009. Their debut studio album, Bombs Away, was released on 11 July 2014, and peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association, while their second single, “Geronimo“, spent three weeks at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified 5× platinum. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2013, Sheppard were nominated for Best Independent Release for “Let Me Down Easy“. At the 2014 ceremony, they were nominated for Album of the Year, Best Group, Best...
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Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. (born November 15, 1988),better known by his stage name B.o.B, is an American recording artist and music producer from Decatur, Georgia. In 2006, B.o.B was discovered by Brian Richardson, who then introduced him to TJ Chapman, who subsequently brought him to American record producer Jim Jonsin. After hearing his music, Jonsin signed B.o.B to his Rebel Rock Entertainment imprint. Two years later, Jonsin and B.o.B signed a joint venture deal, with Atlantic Records and American rapper T.I.‘s Grand Hustle Records. B.o.B quickly rose to fame after his commercial debut...
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“Some Nights” is a song by American indie rock band Fun. It was released on June 4, 2012, as the second single and the title track from their second studio album of the same name. The song was written by Jeff Bhasker, Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, and Jack Antonoff. Musically “Some Nights” is an indie pop song with elements of power pop and afrobeat while the lyrics depict the protagonist having an existential crisis. In the United States, “Some Nights” was a sleeper hit, spending approximately seven months on the Billboard Hot 100 before reaching a peak of...
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Eiffel 65 is an Italian musical group consisting of Jeffrey Jey, Gabry Ponte, and Maurizio Lobina. They are known chiefly for their high-charting singles, “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” and “Move Your Body“, and their 1999 studio album Europop. Their next two albums, Contact! (2001) and their 2003 self-titled album, did not have much international success but still managed to chart in Italy....
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Children 18:3 is an American Christian punk band from Morris, Minnesota. Formed in 1999, the band consists of homeschooled siblings David (vocals/guitar), Lee Marie (vocals/bass), and Seth Hostetter (drums).Since signing to Tooth & Nail Records in 2007, the band has released four albums, Children 18:3 (2008), Rain’s a Comin’ (2010), On the Run (2012), and Come In (2015)....
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