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Barenaked Ladies
Most alternative rock of the 1990s was based around purging one's demons over a wall of distorted power chords, but bands like Barenaked Ladies showed that tunefulness and carefree pop ditties weren't completely extinct. Hailing from Canada, this pur…
XTC
XTC virtually defined the dividing line between punk and new-wave, adding punk's raw energy to their herky-jerky rhythms, funhouse arrangements and Beatles-influenced songcraft. In the early 1980s, bandleader Andy Partridge surrendered to his stage f…
Winfield (Portland, OR)
Influences: Built to Spill, The Kinks, The Police, Gomez, Ozma, Pedro The Lion, Ben Folds Five, Pink Floyd, Modest Mouse, Queen.
Sounds Like: Rush, Dismemberment Plan, Queen.
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Bloc Party
U.K. dance-rock outfit Bloc Party stormed both sides of the pond in 2005 with the release of its debut full-length SILENT ALARM. Mixing airtight dance-floor rhythms with smart guitar-driven melodies and a hipster aesthetic, Bloc Party set itself apar…




