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October 2011, 40 Watt, Athens, Ga. There’s a series of recent shows where bands with classic albums are playing those classic albums front to back. I’ve been to a few
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Years from now we’ll look back and study the musical collective known as the Mac mob, the artists who share an affinity of finding commercial success after a song of