Blog: Confessions of a Would-Be Hipster

I am not a Dears scholar. Quite the opposite actually -- the only Dears album currently in my possession was lent to me by a fellow Would-be Hipster en-route to last night's show 1 at the Echoplex. Granted, I'm pretty sure I could have listened to their entire catalog and not been prepared for what was to come. Seeing The Dears live is one heck of an introduction. From the moment lead-singer Murry Lightburn started his slow, intimidating stroll from the back of the Echoplex to the stage during opener "Saviour," crowds parting as though [...]

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