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Listening In Live: Tim Fite at the Troubadour

The stage was set with a faux boom-box, a projection screen, a table and two mics. The showroom of the Troubadour was beginning to fill up and people had already staked out the area in front and center of the stage.

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Listening In Live: Flotation Walls Rocks Andyman's Treehouse

While Columbus may not be the most happening town, one might be surprised to find out that it is the indie art capital of the world, a noteworthy designation as one of the highlights of the Vinemeet this weekend was a live performance by our host, a member of Floatation Walls.

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Listening In Live to Via Audio and The Secret Life of Sofia: 4/21/08

With 2001's Is This It, The Strokes ushered in a mainstream music fad of stripped down, lo-fi production and straightforward presentation that spread to seemingly countless bands in the ensuing months.

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Listening In Live to Presto Descanto (with audio!)

When the time came for him to go on, most of the crowd had dissolved. It was well after midnight in Bucktown and the bar was dead, so Presto Descanto performed his new album in its entirety from start to finish for twenty people while the rest of the world really missed out.

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Listening In Live to Tilly and the Wall: 3/21/2008

Since the moment they decided to use Jamie Williams' tap-dancing feet for percussion instead of drums, Tilly and the Wall has been a band unafraid of taking chances with its music.

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