Swoon

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• Nov 15, 2006, 7:57pm

Simpsons And Dynamite

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• Nov 13, 2006, 9:00am

D.I. by D.D.

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• Nov 7, 2006, 9:34pm

Haggard

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• Nov 5, 2006, 4:39pm

Apple on Roger O’Donnell

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• Nov 4, 2006, 8:38am

Christianity Today on Krzyzstof Kieslowski

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• Nov 1, 2006, 11:39am

Remembering My Favorite

I know that nowadays, bands co-opting the sounds of early 80s post-punk/new wave, be they from The Smiths, New Order, or The Cure, is absolutely nothing new (Interpol, Bloc Party, Ladytron, The Faint, Figurine et al, I’m looking in your general direction). But IMHO, few of them do it nearly as well as My Favorite. Probably because lead singer/songwriter Michael Grace Jr. so fully indulged in all of those sounds, travelled so far into the musical cliches—jangly Johnny Marr-esque guitars, billowy synths a la Disintegration, New Order-esque rhythms—that he ultimately came out the other side and the cliches became original, the decades-old sounds fresh yet again.

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• Oct 31, 2006, 11:19pm