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The mantle of East Coast "indie mecca" tends to rotate between cities: D.C. had a turn with punk, Boston won votes on the Pixies alone. These days hipster-laden Brooklyn and upstart Baltimore seem to be battling to a high draw. The cities are forever seeing you a National and raising you a Yeasayer. This mix spotlights bands from two of the rock world's most vibrant scenes.

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"Sunrise" by Yeasayer

filed under: Alternative/Punk » Indie Rock

"A Place Not So Unkind" by Firewater: 'The Golden Hour'

filed under: Alternative/Punk » Indie Rock

"Roboxulla" by The Jealous Girlfriends

filed under: Alternative/Punk » Indie Pop

"Celebrate The Body Electric" by Ponytail

filed under: Alternative/Punk » Art-Rock/Experimental

"Mistaken for Strangers" by The National

filed under: Alternative/Punk » Indie Rock

Indie To Go Vol. 15 - This iPod-friendly sampler features topnotch indie newcomers and chart-toppers. Stream now (while you work), then visit the artist pages to download the songs to go. And check out previous Indie To Go playlists.

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Audience favorites - Forget our opinions--this mix gathers top alternative artists as rated by you, the listener. We salute your tastes: from the famous (The White Stripes and Bright Eyes)--to the lesser known (BiPolar Bears, The Honorary Title)--each one strikes us right, too.

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Indie To Go Vol. 3 - This iPod-friendly sampler features topnotch indie newcomers and chart-toppers. Stream now (while you work), then visit the artist pages to download the songs to go.

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Royal beatdown - After we pulled a muscle attempting to dance to Rilo Kiley last weekend, one thing was clear: we needed some indie-style cuts that could let us shake a leg. Luckily, it's not just DFA and retro rockers who've been serving up some mad beats. All the artists here could have been smooth funkmasters, if not for that pesky minimum-muscle-mass requirement.

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Indie To Go Vol. 1 - This iPod-friendly sampler features a mix of indie chart-toppers and newcomers. Stream now (while you work), then visit the artist pages to download the songs to go.

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Dark horses - Good luck coaxing a grin out of any of these mopers, who pen gorgeously gloomy ballads like it was their job-- which in fact it is. Highlighted by a soaring Rufus Wainwright rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows," this list follows the moody bard's example and makes art of darkness.

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Dance music for hipsters - If you're too cool to shake it to Justin Timberlake, here's a mix of danceable rock featuring artists that have enough indie cred to dismiss them from being "guilty pleasures."

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Scott's Playlist: Invective and theory - My preoccupation with songs that sound serrated and lacerating has unfortunately waned over the past few years. So I thought I'd revisit some of the adrenaline-boiling anthems of the old days--and maybe commit a crime or two.

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Emo playlist - From the scrappy Midwest scene of yore to the slicker stylings of today's faux-hawked over-emoters, get to know what the kids call emo.

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Features

Tilly and the Wall

You don't notice it at first--the way those "drumbeats" sound kind of odd. And then you figure it out. That's tap dancing. The Omaha group have made their name by subbing feet for drumsticks, and on their new full-length the stomps remain a weirdly effective way to underline taut indie-rock tracks.

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Shara Worden doesn't need to get Feist-level famous, but she sure deserves to. Known previously for her work with Sufjan Stevens, the Brooklyn singer-songwriter has just dropped a second straight solo stunner. The elliptical, enchanted "Teeth" is one of the best indie-pop sets of '08.

Studio C podcast: Radar Bros.

Radar Bros. make pretty country-folk ditties that show their attachment to lo-fi folk without bogging them down by the genre's self-seriousness. Listen to our exclusive live performance and interview with frontman Jim Putnam and the gang.

Bon Iver

Justin Vernon comes by this project name--sorta-French for "good winter"--honestly, having cut his LP in the snowy isolation of rural Wisconsin. There's a reason we mythologize such outings. This is pristine lo-fi, run through with icy acoustic guitar and fragile vocals.

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