Blog: betterPropaganda

I usually don't touch the word "timeless" in music reviews. So many nostalgic bands resemble amateur ventriloquists - throwing their voice to mimic another era, though their lips still twitch in this one. Rather than transcend their decade, these revival acts employ a sort of fumbling sleight of hand in an attempt to ditch the present entirely. You get the impression that if time machines existed, they'd skip out on their 2008 fame in exchange for the chance to be a forgettable flash in the pan from the more "authentic" 70s/80s/90s. And while this isn't always [...]

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