posted by davidt on Sunday May 28 2006, @12:00PM
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Nightmare Of You concert review - Phoenix New Times

The Smiths inspire the formation of a new band about once every 3.7 seconds, which means in the time it takes you to read this sentence, two guys with hard-ons for Morrissey have decided to pick up a mic and mope about how bad their middle-class childhoods were...

Nightmare Of You CD review - The Albuquerque Tribune

This is the new New Wave, reminiscent of Panic! At The Disco with as many reference points, including a fake Brit accent that collides with a jangly, poppy vibe. The songs' lyrical complexity, laced with sardonic wit, is a saving grace ("I Want To Be Buried in Your Backyard" expounds on the irony of stardom).

Highlights "Dear Scene, I Wish I Were Deaf," is modern indie guitar rock that's a condemnation of the too-cool-for-their-own-good hipster nation, while "The Days Go By Oh So Slow" sounds like Morrissey fronting New Order; there's enough mope to choke the Moz...
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  • New Times music critics are choads who are bitter that they're not snarky enough to get hired by Pitchfork.
    Anonymous -- Sunday May 28 2006, @02:41PM (#221848)
  • I don't know about the music but the song titles already sound bad!
    Anonymous -- Sunday May 28 2006, @02:57PM (#221855)
    • Re:Titles by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday May 29 2006, @12:50AM


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