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By Kate Thuma 05.22.09 6:56 AM
Forget Maxim's Hot 100: With your votes, hotties like Against Me's Tom Gabel, AFI's Davey Havok, the Kills' Alison Mosshart, and Tilly & the Wall's Kianna Alarid could be PETA's next World's Sexiest Vegetarian. [PETA]
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Watch Tilly and the Wall Perform on 'Sesame Street'
The tap-dancing Omaha quintet teach a few lucky children their ABCs indie-rock style.
By William Goodman 11.13.08 3:52 PM
It's never been a better time to be preschooler. Tons of childrens' TV series are tapping the indie rock elite for performances and soundtrack contributions -- and shaping the musical tastes of the future.
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Exclusive: New Tilly and the Wall Video
Join the tap dancing indie popsters in a balloon-filled confetti party for "Alligator Skin."
By Joe Coscarelli 09.18.08 10:24 AM
Tilly and the Wall's childlike exuberance has truly been captured in the new video for "Alligator Skin," an upbeat track off the band's recently released album, O. With more neon colors than the Vegas strip, clowns, furry animal costumes, bouncing balloons, and flowing confetti, the set looks as if a party store exploded.
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Tilly and the Wall to Play on '90210' Premiere!
OMFG! The Nebraska fivesome will perform during a Beverly Hills not-so-sweet sixteen party.
By William Goodman 08.27.08 5:05 PM
Omaha's Tilly and the Wall, who recently taped an episode of child-friendly series Sesame Street to air this fall, will travel to the other end of TV's PG-o'meter September 2, and appear on the premiere episode of the
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Tilly and the Wall, '0' (Team Love)
Bright-eyed Bright Eyes protégés still dancing as fast as they can.
By Mikael Wood 06.27.08 12:36 PM
When this Omaha outfit appeared in 2004 with a tap dancer where a drummer is supposed to be, only the band members (or Conor Oberst, who releases their albums) would've bet that Tilly and the Wall would still be around four years later. Yet here they are on their third full-length, and rather than calcify into indie-scene shtick, Tilly's music has gotten funnier and more vibrant.
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SPIN's Week in Review, June 2-6
What we learned this week: Kurt Cobain's fans can go a little overboard. Disturbed inspire Orthodox Jews' forbidden devotion. And much more.
By William Goodman 06.06.08 7:12 PM
Though its solstice is still a few weeks off, summer unofficially kicked off this week as many Americans came to terms with June's arrival: "Whoa, so I guess summer's here, right?" But, aside from the definition of SPF, much was learned in these past five days, with lessons bestowed from Kurt Cobain's, ahem, most devout fans, Disturbed's surprisingly vast Orthodox Jew following, Stroke-gone-sol
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