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" For a genre that was more or less explicitly founded on the principle of reversing rock and roll&amp;#039;s worst and most excessive traits, indie rock sure does love itself that most bloated of rock cliches: the supergroup. The most recent one of note is Sweet Apple, which unites indie guitar god and Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis, Tim Parnin from Cobra Verde, John Petkovic from Cobra Verde and Guided by Voices, and Dave Sweetapple who also plays in Mascis&amp;#039;s heavy metal project Witch. Their debut album, The Golden Age of Glitter, out April 8 on Tee Pee Records, is a ten-song set of throwback power pop that should soothe the soul of just about any riff-loving rock fan. According to Petkovic, &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re scattered all over the country so every get-together is an adventure, an escape. It gives us a different perspective on being in a band from different regions, parts of the country. Every get-together is basically a reunion.&amp;quot; That&amp;#039;s the theme of the first video from the album, &amp;quot;Wish You Could Stay (A Little Longer),&amp;quot; which he directed and which we&amp;#039;re premiering here, along with a playlist that the group assembled for us, made up of a number of songs about traveling.           Glen Campbell, &amp;quot;By the Time I Get to Phoenix&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s about driving a while while looking in the rear-view mirror. The title points elsewhere \u2014 Phoenix \u2014 but the sentiment and lyrics are focused on the place and person left behind. Glen Campbell&amp;#039;s poetic delivery is a perfect fit for Jimmy Webb&amp;#039;s lyrics, which parallel the destination ahead with what the person back home is doing.      Hawkwind, &amp;quot;Silver Machine&amp;quot; Rudimentary, driving tune about traveling through the skies in a silver machine. Dave suggested this one, but it&amp;#039;s a unanimous choice.      Harry Nillson, &amp;quot;Everybody&amp;#039;s Talkin&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Like all great escape songs, it isn&amp;#039;t about a specific destination, but leaving where you are. This song is one of the greatest and also one of the most cinematic, thanks to its use in Midnight Cowboy.      Cobra Verde, &amp;quot;Underpants&amp;quot; J wanted to include this one because he liked playing it when he was the guitarist in Cobra Verde for a while. He insisted on it because it reminds him of &amp;quot;going to Target to buy underpants.&amp;quot;      Led Zeppelin, &amp;quot;Down by the Seaside&amp;quot; Great tremolo/Leslie guitar arpeggios in this one. The guitar sounds and feels like it was recorded underwater. I hate the beach, but this song makes me miss it.      Radio Birdman, &amp;quot;Descent into the Maelstrom&amp;quot; The ultimate metaphor of traveling through life and having it spin out of control by one of Australia&amp;#039;s greatest bands.      David Bowie, &amp;quot;Moonage Daydream&amp;quot; The moonage daydream \u2014 the thing, not the song title \u2014 is man&amp;#039;s greatest collective escape. Like most destinations, once you get there you think, &amp;quot;So that&amp;#039;s all there is?&amp;quot; Bowie never took it that far, but Ziggy Stardust was a pretty cool disaffected alien.       The Replacements, &amp;quot;Another Girl, Another Planet&amp;quot; The only version of this Only Ones track that ever I owned was a live version by the Replacements. A perfect fit for the Replacements, with its searing guitars, raggedy vocals, and hooky chorus.      Free, &amp;quot;Catch a Train&amp;quot; The journey in reverse.      Creedence Clearwater Revival, &amp;quot;Proud Mary&amp;quot; Everyone has heard this one a million times, but it still remains the ultimate highway driving song. Lots of CCR tracks are about a band on the move \u2014 &amp;quot;Travelin&amp;#039; Band,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Born on the Bayou,&amp;quot; etc. Many &amp;quot;traveling&amp;quot; songs tend to sound corny \u2014 never the case with CCR. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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