The annual Latin Grammy Awards have become a showcase for some of the best music Latino culture has to offer, including pop, alternative, traditional and classical.

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One of the most popular recent examples has been the whimsical alternative pop band They Might Be Giants, which put out Here Come the ABC's in 2005 and recently released a follow-up called Here Come the 123's.

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Gotye, whose Somebody That I Used To Know was one of the most ear-wormy songs of last summer, actually won more awards walking away with Best Record, Best Alternative Album and Best Pop Duo Performance.

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But for those looking for something a bit different, several alternative events are also starting to pop up.

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Officials know perfectly well that passengers will already have imbibed all the fructarian juices imaginable on the ground and will welcome the alternative of these expensively imported, highly calorific pop drinks to keep their energy levels up during random in-flight activities like mass seat changes and locating serviceable toilets.

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Even the so-called alternative bands heavily blur the lines between rock and pop.

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In 1994, the alternative rock group, the Flaming Lips, entered the pop mainstream after appearing on the T.

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