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step back, let's go pop

Jul 15, 2008, 8:20pm Captain's Dead
step back, let's go pop Stairway to power-pop heaven? Mike Gent of the Figgs told a story to us recently about how his Gentlemen bandmate Ed Valauskas had met Rick Rubin and mentioned being in a band with "Mike Gent, you know, of the Figgs." To my shock, Rubin's response was not, "Who?" But "Oh yeah, the Figgs. They were a good band." EdV: "Still are." For the uninitiated, Figgs are RIYL: The Kinks, The Replacements, Elvis Costello, The Plimsouls. Basically any sort of great power-pop. This one's a throwback to 3/22/01 at [...]
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Back to Being
Link Text:19-back-to-being
File Name:19-back-to-being.mp3
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Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Bad Luck Sammie
Link Text:15 Bad Luck Sammie
File Name:15-bad-luck-sammie.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Cheap Cassettes
Link Text:18-cheap-cassettes
File Name:18-cheap-cassettes.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Do the Bounce 2x
Link Text:16 Do the Bounce-2x
File Name:16-do-the-bounce-2x.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Favorite Shirt
Link Text:07 Favorite Shirt
File Name:07-favorite-shirt.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Gonna Get Out
Link Text:14 Gonna Get Out
File Name:14-gonna-get-out.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:I Thought I Drank The Drink But The Drink Drank Me
Link Text:10 I Thought I Drank the Drink But the Drink Drank Me
File Name:10-i-thought-i-drank-the-drink -but-the-drink-drank-me.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:If That's What You Want
Link Text:11 If Thats What You Want
File Name:11-if-thats-what-you-want.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Metal Detector
Link Text:12 Metal Detector
File Name:12-metal-detector.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Opening Night
Link Text:01 Opening Night
File Name:01-opening-night.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Racing Around
Link Text:05 Racing Around
File Name:05-racing-around.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Reaction
Link Text:03 Reaction
File Name:03-reaction.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Reject
Link Text:17-reject
File Name:17-reject.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Running in Place
Link Text:13-running-in-place
File Name:13-running-in-place.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Shut
Link Text:08 Shut
File Name:08-shut.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Something's Wrong
Link Text:04 Somethings Wrong
File Name:04-somethings-wrong.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Step Back Let's Go Pop
Link Text:06 Step Back Lets Go Pop
File Name:06-step-back-lets-go-pop.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:The Daylight Strong
Link Text:02 The Daylight Strong
File Name:02-the-daylight-strong.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:The Noose Was Tight
Link Text:21-the-noose-was-tight
File Name:21-the-noose-was-tight.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Wait On Your Shoulder
Link Text:20-wait-on-your-shoulder
File Name:20-wait-on-your-shoulder.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Figgs
Title:Waiting For The Sun To Rise
Link Text:09 Waiting For the Sun to Rise
File Name:09-waiting-for-the-sun-to-rise .mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
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