Alternate Takes: Grown-Up Pop Dreams

Fountains of Wayne and Imperial Teen formed on opposite coasts in 1995. Thirty years ago, bands like these would make one or two albums and dissipate in five years. Today, they can push into a second decade, surviving on soundtrack and TV money when it comes, working day jobs when it doesn’t.

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Weekly New Music Podcast

This week featuring a track from the new Dresden Dolls album. Along with... Portugal the Man, The Octave Museum, The Bees, Lake Trout, My Latest Novel, Soft, Jens Lekman, Imperial Teen, and (the late) Grandaddy. If you have the same taste in music as Kevin Rose, you'll like this podcast.

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