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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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Bands will play a total of 30 dates across Europe in early 2019 with support from Jinjer and Nailed To Obscurity
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Soilwork have announced that they are recording their brand new studio album
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Soil frontman Ryan McCombs revealed on Facebook that the band was involved in a tour bus accident following their show in Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday
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Soilwork: Bringing 'Different Twist On Things' On New Album
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Soilwork's Dirk Verbeuren says the band's upcoming album is brimming with 'aggressive and dark' tones and they are bringing 'a little bit of a different twist on things this time'.
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Soilwork have released a live video for Bastard Chain. Originally appearing on the band's 2001 album A Predator's Portrait
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