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In Circles: Sunny Day Real Estate Reconsidered

by Mehan Jayasuriya

[15.Sep.09] :. In anticipation of a reunion tour, the two albums produced by the original Sunny Day Real Estate lineup get remastered and repackaged with extra tracks and expanded liner notes. They are ripe for revisiting.

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Books Review

The Book of Cool by Marianne Taylor

by Rob Horning

[23.Jun.09] :. In general, Taylor's writing is unflaggingly good-natured, but that doesn't seem to suit the subject matter, which trades in stereotypes and casual cruelty.

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Welsh emo outfit Funeral for a Friend has its hopes up for American crowds

by Rachel Leibrock [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[11.Feb.09] :. You’d think a sizable crowd would gather for Funeral for a Friend, but in a down economy, it’s tough to sell a Welsh hard-core emo band - even one acclaimed by the critics and people of...

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Column: Field Studies

Art Imitates Death

by Andrew Gilstrap

[30.Jan.09] :. One of the misconceptions that Graeme Thomson deals with in his book I Shot a Man in Reno is that music about death is somehow out of the norm. In fact, death finds its way into pretty much every type of music.

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Music Review

Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American

by Charles A. Hohman

[6.Jun.08] :. Jimmy Eat World's historic album gets a Deluxe reissue that is mostly footnotes.

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In Mexico, emo music fans are victims of violence

by Ed Morales [Newsday (MCT)]

[16.Apr.08] :. They listen to bands like My Chemical Romance and Panic at the Disco, as well as Panda and Allison. They wear their hair in pseudo-punk fashion, careful to let a large shock of it obscure part of...

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Music Review

Bright Eyes: Cassadaga

by Michael Keefe

[11.Apr.07] :. Conor Oberst has (mostly) left his indulgences behind, settling down to create an American indie rock album of substance, maturity, and passion. This is the Bright Eyes we've been waiting for.

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