Indie Rock

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Archer Prewitt's songs sound like they were written on a piece of shag carpet resting in a slice of sun.
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Macha rides a rickshaw loaded with esoterica to the top of the college charts.
Gimme indie rock!
Like indie rock itself, the Matador Records birthday party with Yo La Tengo started beautifully and devolved into a self-reflexive in-joke.
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On Quasi's "Field Studies," the divorced duo sing about romantic disillusionment like they know what they're talking about.
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After 10 years of indie rock and a semi-hit on the "Kids" soundtrack, Folk Implosion's Lou Barlow changes his tune.
The Flaming Lips live (sort of) at Tramps
The Oklahoma City trio left left their drum set at home for their New York concert. Luckily they had Sebadoh, Robyn Hitchcock, Cornelius and ICU to pick up the slack.
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On "Come Pick Me Up" the once-great power-pop of Superchunk rots with its own complacency.
Guided by vices
Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard on schizoid writing, pre-show drinking and the search for the perfect pop song.
But the little girls understand
At Maxwell's in New Jersey, Beulah and the Apples in Stereo treated the teens to bouts of bubblegum and fits of niceness.
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The evanescent Spinanes sharpen two songs from the Rolling Stones' catalog, chronicling the impulse to fight emotional weariness and the temptation to succumb to it.
Pavement is a 65-point word
Our writer challenges rock's biggest brainiacs to a sharky game of Scrabble.
Sharps & flats
Singer/songwriter Danielle Howle and the bearable lightness of being alone.
A major label in a minor key
Jeff Stark reviews Built to Spill's second major-label release, 'Keep It Like a Secret'
Jonathon Richman
Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
Get Cynical
David Bowman talks to Bob Mould about his 'Last Dog and Pony Show'
Sharps and Flats: June of 44
Mark Athitakis reviews "Four Great Points" by June of 44.
The most significant musical moments of 1997
Salon contributors answer the question: what was your most significant moment of 1997?
Tone Soul Evolution
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