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    Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston Play

    142,754 plays (12,625 listeners)

    Those not familiar with Daniel Johnston’s work should know that his approach to pop songwriting is similar to Jad Fair’s, with the exception that the former suffers from serious bouts with manic depression and severe delusional behavior. That said, this pairing of these two musical savants is a successful foray into pop music as therapy.

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    Danny and the Nightmares

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    Danny and the Nightmares came together after the Nightmares had been driving into Waller, TX when they spotted none other than Daniel Johnston being attacked by dogs on the side of the road, Daniel Johnston or not they felt they had to stop to help him out.

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    Half Japanese Play

    706,434 plays (50,702 listeners)

    Half Japanese is a punk rock band formed by brothers Jad Fair and David Fair in their Uniontown, Maryland bedroom around 1975.

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    Beat Happening Play

    3,138,224 plays (149,763 listeners)

    Beat Happening was a seminal indie rock band which formed in 1982 in Olympia, Washington, United States. They consisted of Calvin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Bret Lunsford (guitar, drums) and Heather Lewis (drums, guitar, vocals).

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    The Shaggs Play

    280,724 plays (26,641 listeners)

    The Shaggs were an American all-female rock group formed in Fremont, New Hampshire, United States in 1968. The band was composed of sisters Dorothy "Dot" Wiggin (vocals/lead guitar), Betty Wiggin (vocals/rhythm guitar), Helen Wiggin (drums), and later Rachel Wiggin (bass).

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    Jeffrey Lewis Play

    1,456,269 plays (79,843 listeners)

    There are two artists called Jeffrey Lewis. One (b. 1975) is an American singer-songwriter, the other is a Welsh composer.

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    R. Stevie Moore Play

    552,645 plays (27,570 listeners)

    Robert Steven Moore (born January 18, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. In addition to having numerous albums released on labels around the world, Moore has self-released over 400 cassette and CD-R albums, as well as dozens of home videos, mostly through the R.

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    Jandek Play

    587,238 plays (29,235 listeners)

    Jandek is a musician, presumably from Houston, Texas. Since 1978, he has self-released 66 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting a real interview or providing any biographical information.

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    Smog Play

    5,046,939 plays (255,538 listeners)

    Bill Callahan, born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Callahan followed the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with homemade tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders. Later he signed a record contract with the label Drag City.

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    Mount Eerie Play

    4,183,021 plays (145,086 listeners)

    Mount Eerie represents the latest evolution of Phil Elverum's musical vision. Formerly known as The Microphones, Phil changed his project's name to Mount Eerie while maintaining his subtle, lo-fi, and lyrically dense fuzz-folk aesthetic.

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