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The Austin 100: BRONCHO

Pooneh Ghana
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Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Genre: Indie rock

Why We're Excited: BRONCHO's fizzy, quirky pop sound scoots along with maximum playfulness. Set against spare, sometimes minimalist arrangements, the band's hooks nevertheless wind up magnified by its flair for loose-limbed joy. The bones of "Get In My Car" are so sturdy, the song might as well be a Cars demo — just add slick production, and it could easily be an arena-ready anthem.

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    Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)
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