Mainstream Rock: Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey” (1987) John C. Hughes: Puppets!  Well, marionettes.  Everything is better with puppets/marionettes.  Except for this. Jon Cummings: In which the Dead pretended to be a mainstream rock band for, oh, 4:43, and the folks at corporate radio said, “What the heck, let’s "/>

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Greatest Un-Hits: Peter Bjorn and John’s “Second Chance” (2011)

Greatest Un-Hits: Peter Bjorn and John’s “Second Chance” (2011)

Brian Boone December 21, 2011 1

Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks” is the most indie rock indie rock song of all time. They’ve got all the checklist items covered: odd band name, maudlin lyrics about youth, catchy hook, sleepy

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The Friday Mixtape: 9/25/09

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Feel that tension building in your neck, that stress in the spinal cord that feels just like a piece of rope with the twine extra-wrapped? Feel that chafe of fraying fibers, rest to snap

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Chartburn: 8/29/08

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Mainstream Rock: Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey” (1987) John C. Hughes: Puppets!  Well, marionettes.  Everything is better with puppets/marionettes.  Except for this. Jon Cummings: In which the Dead

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