http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4787&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rssIt'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. - Kali HollowayNew Zealand Popen720Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:52:45 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4787&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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. - Kali Holloway http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123486&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123486 tra.3123486 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Anything Could Happen tra.3123486 158000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123486&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123486&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123482&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123482 tra.3123482 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2206009&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2206009&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2206010&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 2206010 tra.2206010 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Getaway alb.310211 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/2/8/2/542828_170x170.jpg 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 true Golden Crown tra.2206010 99000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2206010&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2206010&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2206139&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 2206139 tra.2206139 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Getaway 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123490&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123490 tra.3123490 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Flowers tra.3123490 205000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123490&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123490&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123484&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123484 tra.3123484 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Billy Two tra.3123484 142000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123484&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123484&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123489&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123489 tra.3123489 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Fish tra.3123489 144000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123489&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123489&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123521&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123521 tra.3123521 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123525&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123525 tra.3123525 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Indigo Blue tra.3123525 153000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123525&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123525&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123524&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123524 tra.3123524 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Balkans tra.3123524 80000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123524&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123524&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123491&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123491 tra.3123491 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Side On tra.3123491 123000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123491&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123491&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123492&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123492 tra.3123492 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Slug Song tra.3123492 199000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123492&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123492&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123494&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123494 tra.3123494 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true End Of My Dream tra.3123494 248000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123494&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123494&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123495&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123495 tra.3123495 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true On Again/Off Again tra.3123495 106000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123495&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123495&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123487&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123487 tra.3123487 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Sad Eyed Lady tra.3123487 182000 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123511&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123511 tra.3123511 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Outside The Cage tra.3123511 307000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123511&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123511&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3123515&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-clean%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by The Clean on Rhapsody Online 3123515 tra.3123515 The Clean art.4787 0.99 Anthology alb.319417 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/7/2/562750_170x170.jpg 2003-01-21 00:00:00.0 2003-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Linger Longer tra.3123515 147000 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