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2010 Stories by Jeff Gage

• Dada Trash Collage

  published November 3, 2010

  There are a number of influences rippling through Dada Trash Collage's abstract pop, from the Beach Boys to the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev. Of... More >>

• Lookbook

  published June 9, 2010

  Their lush synth swells and syncopated rhythms may fit the template of new-wave nostalgia currently en vogue, but Lookbook's slyly sexy electro... More >>

• Dark Dark Dark

  published May 12, 2010

  Minneapolis's very own music collective, Dark Dark Dark — with members hailing from as far off as New York and New Orleans — forgo... More >>

• The Apples in Stereo

  published April 28, 2010

  Sunny psych-pop indie stalwarts the Apples in Stereo started off as one of the leading lights in the famed Elephant 6 recording collective, which... More >>

• No Bird Sing

  published April 28, 2010

  For listeners taking in the menacing groove and Eric Blair's liquid flow, it's easy to overlook an important component of No Bird Sing's music:... More >>

• Los Campesinos

  published April 28, 2010

  Wales seven-piece Los Campesinos! jam-pack about as much youthful exuberance as you can imagine into their shambling indie rock. Shouting more... More >>

• Amos Lee

  published April 28, 2010

  Mixing together R&B and folk influences, former elementary school teacher Amos Lee has a soulful voice and plaintive songwriting style that... More >>

• Lookbook

  published April 21, 2010

  Their lush synth swells and syncopated rhythms may fit the template of new-wave nostalgia currently en vogue, but Lookbook's slyly sexy electro... More >>

• Yeasayer

  published April 21, 2010

  Back in 2007, Yeasayer burst out of Brooklyn with their debut LP, All Hour Cymbals, and instantly became a buzz band among bloggers... More >>

• The Magnolias

  published April 21, 2010

  Back in those heady days of the mid-'80s, when the Replacements and Hüsker Dü walked the earth and Twin-Tone Records ruled the roost,... More >>

• Baby Dee

  published April 14, 2010

  Baby Dee's biography is about as colorful as it gets. A transgender songstress, she has served as a music director for a Catholic church in the... More >>

• Dark Dark Dark

  published April 14, 2010

  Minneapolis's very own music collective, Dark Dark Dark—with members hailing from as far off as New York and New Orleans—forgo... More >>

• Julian Casablancas

  published April 7, 2010

  It's hard to believe it was almost 10 years ago that the Strokes dropped Is This It. The band's Lower East Side chic was equally as... More >>

• Major Lazer

  published April 7, 2010

  Considering the pedigree of Major Lazer's two masterminds, the globetrotting DJs Diplo and Switch, there was really no need to come up with some... More >>

• Japandroids

  published April 7, 2010

  While it provides a tantalizing jumping-off point, comparing this Vancouver act to art-punks No Age would be all too easy and a little misleading.... More >>

• The xx, jj

  published April 7, 2010

  Despite only being teenagers at the time, the xx (pictured) demonstrated remarkable maturity and diversity on their self-titled debut last year.... More >>

• Beach House

  published March 31, 2010

  Virtually from their inception, Baltimore duo Beach House distilled their music into a hazy, shimmering darkness of near-perfection. Like the... More >>

• Spoon, Deerhunter

  published March 31, 2010

  Hailing from Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, respectively, these two bands offer up what promises to be the best double bill to pass through... More >>

• David Bazan, Headlights

  published March 31, 2010

  David Bazan (pictured) has never been one to shy away from confronting difficult questions about life and spirituality, or from dealing with them... More >>

• Eliza Blue

  published March 24, 2010

  Eliza Blue's music radiates a rare, ethereal beauty. Her earthy voice is almost inadvertently the dominant component of her songs, its delicacy... More >>

• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

  published March 24, 2010

  When this trio dropped its self-titled debut 10 years ago, their throwback sludge was ahead of its time. With big, swampy guitars, bad-boy... More >>

• No Bird Sing

  published March 17, 2010

  For listeners taking in the menacing groove and Eric Blair's liquid flow, it's easy to overlook an important component of No Bird Sing's music:... More >>

• Luke Redfield, Aria Souder

  published March 17, 2010

  Like many great folk singers before him, Luke Redfield (pictured) has adopted the persona of the roving musician to shape his carefully-wrought... More >>

• Vampire Weekend

  published March 17, 2010

  Ever since their debut album broke two years ago, Brooklyn's Vampire Weekend have proved to be both one of indie music's most popular acts and... More >>

• The Big Pink

  published March 17, 2010

  The word "subtlety" doesn't really factor into any description of the Big Pink. To begin with, the London duo produces an oversized, forceful... More >>