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    Evangelicals Exorcise Their Rock'n'Roll Demons

    ATHENS: Psyche rock quartet chase away the dreaded case of the Mondays with smoke and strobes aplenty.
    POSTED BY Sami Promisloff 19.02.08 2:01pm

    It's hard to find many people who will make it out on a Monday night in downtown Athens, Georgia, but Norman, Oklahoma's outrageously awesome rock quartet Evangelicals made the west side of town come alive last night (Feb. 18) as they converted a crowd of in-the-loop music lovers at the Caledonia Lounge into psych rock believers.

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    Reviews: Port O'Brien, the Dodos, the Wombats

    Americana enthusiasts Port O'Brien and frenetic folkies the Dodos play the SFxSXSW showcase, while the Wombats offer urgent Britpop.
    POSTED BY Melissa Goldstein 17.03.08 1:28pm

    Oakland's Port O'Brien may have been collectively suffering from sore throats, as Neil Young-sounding frontman (and part-time Alaskan fisherman) Van Pierszalowski revealed, but luckily a little extra scratchiness goes a long way for the Americana quintet, who played the SFxSXSW showcase at Bourbon Rocks on Saturday.

Memphis

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    The Virgins Incite a Racy Ra Ra Riot

    CHICAGO: The NYC-based foursome churn out new tunage from their forthcoming major label debut with tourmates Ra Ra Riot.
    POSTED BY Gavin Paul Giov... 04.02.08 7:36pm

    "All we ever think about is sex / Nothing really matters to me now," drawled the lips of a leather jacket-clad Donald Cumming and his crew of Virgins. The words came from a new Strokes-type feet-shuffler called "Fast Times," which lived up to its name in the pit of Chicago's Schubas

D.C.

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    Say Yea for Yeasayer

    WASHINGTON, D.C. Despite the frigid temps outside, Yeasayer brings polyrhythmic bliss to the Black Cat.
    POSTED BY Jeffrey Parker 18.01.08 3:12am

    U Street denizens (and a few of their parents who had probablyheard about the band on NPR) waited in vain in the biting cold lastnight (Jan. 16) with hopes of scoring tickets to see Yeasayer,currently touring with MGMT,play a sold-out show at the tiny backstage of Black Cat.

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