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I am indifferent to Pavement and The Pixies, as I was when they were each a going concern, but I don't actively dislike them like I do Dino Jr. They are all a little too "big" to really damage one's "indie cred" at this point anyway.
NNCK have been 50/50 live for me. I have seen them twice. Once in 1999, which was pretty great, and once a couple of years ago, which was not great. I think they are pretty damn cool when they are on their game, but not consistently incredible. I do have faith that the next time I see them stands a good chance of being great though. They are that kind of group.
I think the overwhelming majority of Finnish "free folk" groups couldn't play their way out of a wet paper bag, and aren't very interesting at all. A few are OK, but this trend is probably less deserving of the huge, hyperbole-laden accolades that have been heaped upon it than any other recent "next big things" in the underground. I have yet to see one that could cut it in a live setting at all, though some do have recordings that are pretty good.
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