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B-Sides: A Wild Flag "Romance"

Music post by Kelsey Wallace on September 6, 2011 - 11:51am; tagged b-sides, romance, wild flag.

b-sides logo: red and black letters spell out b-sides

The debut album from WILD FLAG (say it with me in a Bill and Ted "Wyld Stallyns!" shout-y voice) drops this month! Finally! Until we get Wild Flag in our hot little hands on September 13, let's stream it at NPR First Listen and take a look at the oh-so-fun video for the first track, "Romance."

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SXSW Music: Friday

Music post by Alyx Vesey on March 25, 2011 - 11:22am; tagged Girls Rock Camp Austin, Go Chic, Invincible, jean grae, Las Robertas, Lower Dens, Tamar-kali, Thao Nguyen, wild flag, Wonfu, Wye Oak, Zukunasisters.

Highlights from Friday's festivities, including the Bitch/GRCA day party.

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Music Matters: Your Department of New Rock and Sweeping Declarations

Music post by Sarah Jaffe on November 17, 2010 - 11:12am; tagged Carrie Brownstein, helium, Janet Weiss, mary timony, rebecca cole, Sleater-Kinney, wild flag.

(Wild Flag cover the Rolling Stones' Beast of Burden. Genderbent covers=some of my favorite things...)

The big exciting announcement in music this week was supposedly that iTunes now has the Beatles catalogue. Well, in news that may shock some of you—I was A. unaware that they didn't already, as I'd never looked for it, and B. unconcerned, as I don't actually like the Beatles.

I understand that the Beatles are incredibly important to the history of rock 'n' roll. Hell, Ringo produced T. Rex, without whom I would not be who I am! (That was a joke. Partly.) But I never get the urge to sit down and listen to the Beatles. I am an Elvis/Stones girl, and yes I know that the Beatles had far better gender politics (well, sorta) than Elvis or Mick Jagger. But the heart wants what the heart wants.

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