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<title>The Clean</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's hard to discuss the Clean without resorting to gushing phrases and words of giddy reverence regarding their impossibly perfect music. Perhaps the most important band to spring from New Zealand, they were among the original purveyors of that island country's brand of Post-Punk fuzz pop. The glory days of the Clean (their earliest output) reveal a band riding a rickety pop vehicle that always seems on the verge of losing its training wheels, but one that's repeatedly saved from collision by cushions of fuzzy noise on one side and bright, ecstatic organs on the other. These lo-fi recordings are winsome, murky, and as charming and sloppy as music comes. Listen to the singles "Tally Ho" and "Oddity" for a sample of what can only be described as glowing brilliance. In addition, the Great Unwashed, Bailter Space, the Bats, and founding-member-cum-singer-songwriter David Kilgour are all byproducts of the band. The Clean inarguably remain one of the best bands to emerge in the wake of Punk, and perhaps one of the best ever.
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<description><![CDATA[New Zealand Indie rock veterans the Bats formed in 1983 lead by Robert Scott, former bassist for the Clean, a band that defined the early '80s Flying Nun sound. Retaining the Clean's crisp drumming style (seemingly inherited directly from Mo Tucker) and dry lyrical wit while branching out in a more country influenced direction, the Bats play a hybrid of pure pop and wistful melancholic rock that is echoed in many of today's Indie groups.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Chris Knox</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Prolific Lo-Fi hero from New Zealand has been churning out quirky, thoughtful and engaging pop songs for years. He can create great art with three notes and a Casio, but he also likes to turn on his fuzzbox and get trippy.
- Tim Quirk]]></description>
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<title>3D's</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:31:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>David Kilgour</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As one of the founding members of New Zealand's highly influential The Clean, David Kilgour has a solidified reputation to be sure. His work in the lo-fi pop of the Great Unwashed and the more polished sound of Stephen set everything in stone and bronzed it. His gloriously jangling guitars and cracked but stunning harmonies have grown and matured, beginning with his first solo record, <I>Here Come the Cars</I>, released in '92. His dense, florid guitar work and delicate songwriting continue undiminished, another giant talent quietly tooling away in the studio.
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