R.E.M. joined a long list of artists when they began covering Wichita Lineman on tour in 1994 and finally released it as a B-side two years later.

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Courtney Barnett introduced herself, and her quirky individual sound, with the song Avant Gardener back in 2013.

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Terry Cox was the drummer with British folk-rock pioneers Pentangle, who also played on landmark albums by David Bowie and Elton John.

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I just stumbled across this great performance by a band called Tappi Tíkarrass, featuring an all-too-familar face and voice from Iceland.

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Patti Smith made her debut with this 1974 single pairing an improvised version of Hey Joe with her autobiographical poem Piss Factory.

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The Paragons were a Jamaican vocal group of the mid-Sixties, best known for the original version of the Blondie hit The Tide Is High.

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Narcosis were short-lived pioneers of the underground Peruvian punk scene in Lima in the early 1980s.

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The Dead Kennedys made an indelible mark on punk rock with their debut single California Über Alles in the summer of 1979.

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Los Ángeles Negros emerged in Chile in the late 1960s playing a blend of bolero, psychedelic funk and rock guitar. This was their debut single.

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