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... that singer-pianist Rosie Vanier, whose musical style has been described as "Kate Bush on crack with Goldfrapp on synths", grew up in Bodmin Moor without electricity and TV? ... that alternative rock band The Strokes has been nominated for Best International Band three times from the NME Awards, winning it in 2006? ... that "My Best Friend's Girl," a 1978 hit single for The Cars, was performed by Nirvana during their final concert in Munich? ... that the influence of singer Jeff Tweedy's side group Loose Fur on Wilco's 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot led to the dismissal of two other Wilco members? ...that Powderfinger's "Living Type" was about Charles Manson's cult victims, not about love or menstruation as had been speculated by some lyrical analysts?