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When I lived in Boston, one of the things I lived for (besides Herrell's ice cream) was the chance to see local indie nerd band Honest Bob and the Factory to Dealer Incentives. They bounce out poppy odes to people who park badly, the planet Tatooine, chairs (yes, they have a song about chairs), the Time Cube meme, and their song "Hey" is featured in videogame Guitar Hero. And the guys in Honest Bob have been at it since the 1990s, rocking the geek underground long before Jonathan Coulton sold us all out. Now you have a chance to hear their new single, and see them in New York tomorrow night. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=390513&view=rss&microfeed=true Sure the nerdcore craze is totally hip, with guys like MC Frontalot and MC Hawking drawing in crowds of dozens with their geeksta raps about particle physics. But they're just selling out the real scifi music underground, which includes hidden classics like the Portal Song, above, written by Popular Science magazine's resident composer and included in the closing credits of cult video game Portal. Plus, nerdcore bands are just johnnies-come-lately in the true scifi music tradition. More »
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