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Music If there is one thing 'Dawson's Creek' has always had going for it, it's its consistent music quality. As this site, attests, there are very few missteps in terms of the style of the show. The music has become so connected, it's possible to hear a track and immediately think of it as Creek music, even though it maybe difficult to put a finger on why. The new single from 'The Alice Band', "Nothing On But The Radio" is a case in point. Here we have breezy pop, and as soon as the guitars pipe in, and the vocal starts to chat on about naked dancing to music, we can already picture the end of an episode, perhaps with Joey and Jen bonding, even though these girls haven't been anywhere near the show. This is the kind of music which has few fans over here (I bought one of what seemed like five copies at the HMV in Manchester -- not much chance of a hit there then), despite actually being about something more than construction workers. Roll on series five...