Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Paramore’s previous album, Riot!, was filled with addictively catchy songs and an energy that made the name choice more than appropriate. Their sound is quite as bit more subdued on third album, Brand New Eyes, which is almost easy-listening by comparison. This discrepancy poses at least one important question.
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My Wishlist for SXSW 2009
This is my SXSW schedule for 2009. I’m not actually going to SXSW this year, but these are the bands that I would go see if I had the chance to attend. Some of my choices might give you some insight into my musical tastes...and, btw, the links will send you to reviews that I've written about each artist.
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Dear Reader - Replace Why With Funny
Replace Why With Funny is the debut album from the Johannesburg, South Africa trio, Dear Reader. They were originally a pop-sounding duo called Harris Tweed…until the Harris Tweed Authority asked them to find another name.
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Emmy the Great - First Love
Emmy the Great first showed up on my radar after I watched her in a video on the Brighton Port Authority website, but there’s not much information about her out there in the tubes of the internet. She sings on their song “Seattle,” which has a pretty neat video, but is not particularly good, though the cute Emmy has an equally cute voice.
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The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
Inara “Bird” George and Greg “Bee” Kurstin started working together after realizing a common love of jazz standards and, besides from being incredibly cute, the music that they create has a very retro aesthetic.
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