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As we walked down the steep, dungeon-like stairs at the back of the Great American Music Hall, the ceiling inched toward our heads with every step. By the end of the staircase it felt as if we were dropped off in the imaginary world of Alice and Wonderland. Instead of chasing the white rabbit, we quickly followed the tour manager through the twists and turns of the underground halls. While we never met up with a hookah-smoking caterpillar, we swear we saw a Mad Tea Party going on in one of the dressing rooms. As we passed the crowded room the singing, partying and vocal warm-ups rang through the air. (We have a feeling they weren't sipping tea.) While these different vocal warm-ups were simultaneously going on, I finally entered PlayRadioPlay!'s dressing room. As I sat down on the dirty couch next to the lead singer, Dan Hunter, he started excusing the singing tour members. "They're making fun of a guy that was previously on the tour - who's not anymore - by copying his extremely annoying vocal warm-ups." Now, we get it; it's not an actual tea party. It's just some crazy joke to pass the time in yet another dirty dressing room on a two-month tour around the country. It all makes sense.

Dun Hunter is not your average Texas teenager. He created his own band, PlayRadioPlay! and released his debut album, Texas just this month. (We featured PlayRadioPlay! as "Albums: Looking Forward to 2008" back at the beginning of the year.) He's being noticed and not just by us. Rolling Stone included PlayRadioPlay! as one of the "Artists to Watch: Seven Acts Who Are Defining Rock, Soul and Hip-Hop in 2008" - not bad for being only 18. We featured PlayRadioPlay! on New Tunes Tuesday after we had listened to his EP, The Frequency. We called him the, "kid brother of The Postal Service" with "catchy, inventive and youthful" songs.

Oh Darling, an indie-pop band from Oregon, will be on their Spring Tour this week hanging out in the Bay Area. On Tuesday at noon, they will perform at San Jose State and then following it with a radio show appearance at KSJS, 90.5 FM, San Jose State's radio station, at 3pm. The best part: both shows are free! They'll be up in San Francisco on Wednesday night at Red Devil Lounge supporting Pete and J.

Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Standouts: 1. Eric Hutchinson - Sounds Like This: A couple of weeks ago, our previous editor at Phillyist texted us from Hutchinson's concert saying, "Have you heard of Eric Hutchinson? You'll love him." We promptly checked out his Myspace page and instantly downloaded his impressive debut, "Sounds Like This." He became an overnight sensation when bitchy blog queen, Perez Hilton,...