Rapper Plan B and Mercury Prize winners Alt-J are also cited in two categories.
The songs of Canadian songwriter Barzin Hosseini present an ideal marriage of alt-country and slow-paced soundscapes.
For alt-country fans, the demise of Uncle Tupelo the now-legendary band that he and his Belleville, Ill.
The complaint also says that Fannie listed its exposure to higher-than-normal-risk Alt-A loans by nearly half.
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The Jayhawks' members were alt-country flag-bearers back when being an alt-country flag-bearer was still a big deal.
The alt-history writer has the power not only to retouch individual destinies but to save entire civilizations.
"It shows the broad spread of British pop music, " said Alt-J's Gus Unger-Hamilton of the diverse shortlist.
For its first few years, Drive-By Truckers was an alt-boogie band as crude and demented as its name.
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Alt-fuel vehicles have better than average depreciation rates, at least through the first year or two of ownership.
Literary alt-history is still relatively scarce, but it has begun a noticeable expansion.
Bethesda (among others) have released alt-ending DLCs in the past, including the now-famous Broken Steel DLC for Fallout 3.
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Levine also says that these and other alt-covers will be available to download and print for free as well.
Finally, the value of subprime and Alt-A mortgage bonds has soared in secondary markets this year, assuaging investor anger.
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Identical twins Chandra and Leigh Watson have developed a style of sweet, soulful indie-folk that does more than nod to alt-country influences.
The group joins acts already announced on the bill like Emele Sande, The Script, Two Door Cinema Club and Alt-J.
The company spent the quarter trying to limit its exposure to alt-A mortgages, subprime mortgages, commercial real estate and leveraged loans.
After a decade of virtual alt-car segment exclusivity--a packaged goods eternity--Toyota finally has its own, genuine YoPlus thorn in its side.
There was also an increase in sales of albums from other Brit award nominees Taylor Swift, Alt-J, Frank Ocean and Muse.
With an eclectic mix of electro and alt-pop influences ranging from Blondie to Daft Punk, Marble Fairy's sound packs a disco-funk punch.
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For the first time, BBC 6 Music has a stage at Latitude and will host acts including Alt-J, Modest Mouse and Beach House.
Back in the '90s, few alt-rock frontmen built personas as macho and brawl-ready as Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan and Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli.
After ending his decade-long run in the successful band alt-country band The Jayhawks, opener Mark Olson moved to the country with then-wife Victoria Williams.
However this year's winners Alt-J are also proud to call their debut record "an album-y album", designed to be listened to in its entirety.
For more than 20 years, the alt-rock duo They Might Be Giants has been playing clever and contagious music for fans of all ages.
However Alt-J's experimental art-rock album An Awesome Wave and London singer Jessie Ware's debut Devotion have been tipped for success by rival bookmakers Paddy Power.
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Dickie Lee's 1976 country hit "9, 999, 999 Tears" is reimagined as the sort of infectious alt-country rocker that Ms. Willis specialized in during the late 1990s.
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