Remember the days when being indie, punk or hip meant staying the fuck away from any music that didn't have an electric guitar, bass and drums? Today's hipster landscape (despite its, well, hipster impulses) has observed a thankful change from this puritanical impulse. Nonetheless, to combat a slide down the opposite trend and a painful retread to the synthesised sound of the 80s, here's a mixtape of guitar-centric music from the likes of Sonic Youth, Pavement, Silver Jews and others.

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