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The Buckinghams
The Buckinghams
band
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Stereolab
Stereolab
English band
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
3
Jason Molina
Jason Molina
American singer-songwriter
4
The Polyphonic Spree
The Polyphonic Spree
American choral rock band
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Juliette and the Licks
Juliette and the Licks
band
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Plain White T's
Plain White T's
band
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Mates of State
Mates of State
band that plays progressive rock
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Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
American band
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Tommy Castro
Tommy Castro
American musician
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Mark Boals
Mark Boals
American musician
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Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
American recording artist; singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer
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Teddy Thompson
Teddy Thompson
English musician
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Pedicab
Pedicab
Filipino alternative rock band
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Will Hoge
Will Hoge
American musician
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The Deadly Snakes
The Deadly Snakes
band
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Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh
American musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor
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Drive-By Truckers
Drive-By Truckers
band
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Bill Champlin
Bill Champlin
American musician
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Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt
American rock musician
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Tourniquet
Tourniquet
American metal band
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The Main Drag
The Main Drag
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
American rock band
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Ryan Clark
Ryan Clark
American musician
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Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene
Canadian art rock band
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The Hush Sound
The Hush Sound
American indie pop band
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Lifehouse
Lifehouse
American rock band
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The Dears
The Dears
band
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Isis
Isis
all-female horn-rock band from New York
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Daniel Amos
Daniel Amos
American Christian rock band
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Say Anything
Say Anything
band
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Bear in Heaven
Bear in Heaven
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The Spongetones
The Spongetones
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The Afghan Whigs
The Afghan Whigs
band
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Neal Morse
Neal Morse
American multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer
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Doyle Lawson
Doyle Lawson
American musician
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Bif Naked
Bif Naked
Canadian singer
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Gruff Rhys
Gruff Rhys
Welsh singer and guitarist
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Bob Mould
Bob Mould
American musician
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The Sugarcubes
The Sugarcubes
Icelandic alternative rock band
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Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
American indie rock band formed in 1983 in Dayton, Ohio
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Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man
American rock band
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Beirut
Beirut
American band
Intro
Music

Beatnik Turtle is an indie rock band from Chicago formed in 1998. Beatnik Turtle plays alternative and pop-rock "with a sense of humor." Their sound is rooted in the song-based pop-rock sound of They Might Be Giants, Fountains of Wayne, The Saw Doctors, Barenaked Ladies, Cracker, Cake, and The Beatles.

In 2007, Beatnik Turtle began TheSongOfTheDay.com where they released an original, free-to-download song every day during 2007 as a podcast. This was accomplished in part through the involvement of numerous "guest" musicians and other creative individuals who contributed their efforts to the project. The band has continued this format, in a modified form, since 2008 with The Song of the Week.

In 2006, Beatnik Turtle published an online guide for indie bands called the Indie Band Survival Guide, written by sax player Randy Chertkow. The guide shares the band's experiences running and being in an indie band. The guide was published in book form in 2008 with co-author credit to band member/founder, Jason Feehan. A second edition of the guide was released in 2012.