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Sep 26, 2008
Musical genres are so blurred these days that we have to invent increasingly-granular new genres to categorize our favorite music. The musical landscape gets wider and wider every day, thanks in no small part to the always-on worldwide open mic night provided by MySpace, Last.fm, and Pandora (among a dozen others). With massive exposure just a “Fwd:Re:Fwd: Check Out This Band” away, the barrier of entry to musical stardom has never been lower. In order to stand out in the crowd, bands bend and mix genres to create new sounds, carving out niches for themselves in this swiftly-growing music-soup.