The Beets

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Emulating the brash pop-oriented punk antics of the Ramones, wielding a wacky D.I.Y. attitude reminiscent of Daniel Johnston, and gleefully idolizing The Howard Stern Show and Mad Magazine, Queens, New York's the Beets stomped onto the indie circuit in the early 2000s thanks to a couple much-hyped releases on Brooklyn's Captured Tracks. Uruguayan transplant Juan Wauters (vocals/guitar) met Jose Garcia (vocals/bass) in 2004, when they were both enrolled in a community college art class. Their first release as the Beets, Spit in the Face of People Who Don't Want to Be Cool (the first of several albums to feature Matthew Volz's scrawly, untutored artwork on the cover), came out on Captured Tracks in 2009; a single, "Time Brought Age"/"Pick Another Corner," came out on that same label the following year. The buzz about the Beets really started to hum in 2010 with the release of their second album, Stay Home; the following year found the band profiled in TimeOut New York, reviewed on Pitchfork, and (holiest of holies) discussed on Howard Stern's morning show. The band referenced Stern the following year in the title of its third album, Let the Poison Out, signing to Hardly Art and recording with Gary Olsen (Ladybug Transistor) to create their most hi-fi release yet. ~ Margaret Reges, Rovi

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    'The Office' 'Stan Swag': You'll Want To Fill The Void After Tonight's Series Finale (That's What She Said)
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    May 16, 2013
    "The Office" Stan Swag that'll run your credit card bill up higher than Kelly Kapoor's. Photo: Society 6/Etsy/NBC Universal Store Is this real lif...
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    Howard Stern Discussed The Beets On His Show
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    Here's a meeting of minds no one expected to happen. Scrappy Queens-based indie rockers The Beets are apparently huge Howard Stern fans, which caused ...
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Tour Dates

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  • May 23 Thursday
    San Francisco, CA, US Hemlock Tavern
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  • May 25 Saturday
    San Diego, CA, US The Void
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  • May 26 Sunday
    Los Angeles, CA, US The Smell
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  • Jun 14 Friday
    Brooklyn, NY, US Bar Matchless
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  • Jun 19 Wednesday
    Calgary, AB, Canada Sled Island Festival
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  • Jul 18 Thursday
    Brooklyn, NY, US Glasslands Gallery
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  • Sep 5 Thursday
    Raleigh, NC, US Unknown venue
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Discography

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  • Let the Poison Out (2011)
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    Let the Poison Out (2011)
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  • Stay Home (2011)
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    Stay Home (2011)
    Fab (England)
  • Spit in the Face of People Who Don't Want to Be Cool
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    Spit in the Face of People Who Don't Want to Be Cool
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