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  "path": "/2026/02/06/on-the-record-steppin-out-collects-early-garage-rock-plus-tom-paxton-john-mccutcheon/",
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    "_Steppin ’ Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963–1965_"
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  "textContent": "Garage rock is an amorphous label, embracing virtually anything from the mid-1960s that sounds intense and energetic and isn’t overly polished. The term has been used interchangeably with punk rock and has been applied to surf music, psychedelia, and more. That’s one reason why you’ll find extremely disparate material on the three-CD  _Steppin ’ Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963–1965_ _. _\n\nAnother is that the anthology’s compilers included the word _roots_ in its title and used that as a rationale for featuring examples of folk rock, frat rock, and other subgenres that arguably contributed to garage rock’s rise. The set …",
  "title": "On the Record: ‘Steppin’ Out’ Collects Early Garage Rock, plus Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon"
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