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Classic rock, Folk, Folk rock, Garage Rock, Grunge, Indie rock, Indie-pop, Neofolk, Noise pop, Pop rock, Post-punk, Power pop, Prog, Rock, Rockabilly, Sludge, Southern rock, Stoner Rock, Thrash

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Complementary Views of Liberty: Leningrad and Vintazh

The ensembles Leningrad and Vintazh represent two ends of mainstream pop and its promise of liberty. The former is overtly sexual and designed for visual display; the latter is grounded in freedom of verbal expression - and less hopeful.

A Search for Constant Values: New Songs from Leningrad and Rockerjoker

Leningrad and Rockerjoker (Minsk) have both published new albums. Across these recordings we find a desire to celebrate various small-scale, familial values - at a time of civic failure. Some of those values come in traditional liquid form

Pelageia and Shnur: New Albums, Enduring Issues of National Concern

On January 1st, 2010, just after midnight, a mildly satirical cartoon ran on Russian television, showing Medvedev and Putin dancing together on Red Square to a series of folkish couplets. Each figure made slight fun of the other, which led the press to wonder the reason for such sudden or unexpe...

Rubl': Deliberately Unpopular

Russia's best-known ska outfit, Leningrad, was recently disbanded; its lead singer - Sergei Shnurov - has just launched the new and very different band that will replace Leningrad. It's called "Rubl'," which refers both the Russian currency and the slang terms "rubit'" (to rock out/play hard)...