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    The Naked and Famous: Artist You Should Know

    Jason started spinning “Young Blood” by New Zealand band The Naked and Famous recently on Morning Becomes Eclectic and the raw energy of it immediately caught my attention. I ran…

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    By Rachel Reynolds • Sep 14, 2010 • 1 min read

    Jason started spinning “Young Blood” by New Zealand band The Naked and Famous recently on Morning Becomes Eclectic and the raw energy of it immediately caught my attention. I ran down the hall to Master Control (sometimes I’m too excited to wait for the playlist to be updated) and asked Jason who it was and how he found it. Ends up, he just saw it on iTunes!

    The Naked and Famous’ debut full length “Passive Me Aggressive You” came out earlier this month and is already getting rave reviews from their hometown paper. Maybe its time for LA to take a listen…

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      Rachel Reynolds

      Producer, 'Morning Becomes Eclectic'

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