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There’s an extended scene in Freedom, the 2010 novel that landed Jonathan Franzen on the cover of Time, in which an aging indie rocker finds himself at a show in Washington, DC. He’s there to see “the suddenly hot band Bright Eyes, fronted by a gifted youngster named Conor Oberst.” The scene takes place in the early ’00s, and all around him, the character Richard Katz sees evidence of a younger generation that’s lost touch with rage. The “kiddies” at this show — “the flat-haired boys and fashionably unskinny babes” — have “gathered not in anger but in celebration of their having found, as a generation, a gentler and more respectful way of being. A way, not incidentally, more in harmony with consuming.” Here’s how Franzen — or, fine, Franzen’s character — describes young Mr. Oberst:
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My Passion: Yashin, Ghost and more for Download 2012!
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Download Festival has just got even bigger! The organisers have announced an additional 19 bands to the ever-growing summer line-up. My Passion, Yashin, Ghost and La Dispute join the bill, alongside Breed 77, Feed The Rhino, Shadows Fall and Sanguine and more. The full list of bands playing the 2012 June weekender can be viewed below. Download F...
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Children of Bodom: OMNIUM GATHERUM To Support CHILDREN OF BODOM In Scandinavia
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OMNIUM GATHERUM have announced they will be the support act for CHILDREN OF BODOM on Scandinavian dates of their 15 Years Of Wasted Youth -anniversary tour which begins in July. The band comment: “We haven't played in Sweden and Norway since 2008, so we're looking forward to extend the New World Shadows tour...
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Slipknot: Corey Taylor, We Are The Ocean, Cancer Bats join Download bill - ticket details
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Rise To Remain, Soil and Dropkick Murphys are also added to the line-up
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Soilwork: and Arch Enemy Classic Rock Supergroup
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Bjorn "Speed" Strid from Soilwork and Sharlee D'Angelo from Arch Enemy have formed a new classic rock group called The Night Flight Orchestra.
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Nightwish: Kicks Off World Tour In Los Angeles; Video Footage Available
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Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH kicked off their world tour this past Saturday, January 21 at the 6,000-capacity Gibson Ampitheater in Universal City. The Universal City concert — which was reportedly attended by between 3,000 and 4,000 fans, some of whom travelled from as far away as Australia — was the bigges...
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