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“Down by the Water”—PJ Harvey

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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The Afghan Whigs: Rock Soul Legends

The Afghan Whigs are way, way up there in terms of all time bands from Cincinnati, Ohio. Greg Doolie's voice drops on this weirdly sweet movie Beautiful girls like a bomb. He sounds so dissonant, so lecherous, so sleazy and yet so earnest. The Afghan Whigs sign was sub pop records hook up with extremely recent Nirvana producer Jack Endino. In 1990 they put out the first sub pop album by a band outside the Pacific Northwest.

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