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Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

New music galore this week, with new releases out from She & Him, Love Is All, Bettie Serveert, Mose Allison, High Places and more. Plus, a listen to our recent session with Portland's Hurtbird and a look ahead to a week that includes shows from Metric, Okkervil River, Xiu Xiu, Quasi, and more.

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Alex Chilton, 1950-2010

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03/21: gunky commented on Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

Guilty as charged. But I'm just a pretender compared to IMOJP. Haven't see...

03/21: Jeremy Petersen commented on Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

Haha. You guys are so opinionated. I just like music. :)

But seriously,...

03/21: gunky commented on Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

I agree with you Ranjit about covers. Make it your own, for pete's sake. I...

03/21: Jeremy Petersen commented on Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

Not sure about Fool's Godl at SXSW, but Finn Riggins played all over the p...

03/21: Ranjit commented on Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

All this talk of covers and then listening to M Ward's rendition of Let's ...

03/21: gunky commented on Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

I think Fool's Gold is playing SXSW this year, correct? I'll be interested...

03/21: Ranjit commented on Your Saturday Night Open Thread...

Sacrilege. Cheap Trick was the first band I saw in high school. And iron...

03/21: Ranjit commented on Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

I agree, gunky. That song's growing on me - I need to check out more of t...

03/21: Jeremy Petersen commented on Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

Good stuff, indeed. You might be interested to know that most of that band...

03/21: gunky commented on Sunday Night Thread: The Week Ahead

Fools Gold continues to please. I'ma have to get me summa that.

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