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First Rate People - American Life Is it possible that a pair of 20 year olds from Toronto, Canada best captured what it feels like to be American in 2010? Yes. In fact, it's not only possible; they did. Jon Lawless and Jess Kropf are two impossibly cute kids in an impossibly cute band. (There are three other adorable members in First Rate People, but their presence isn't required for our purposes here.) On "American Life," they trade verses while a simple piano riff carries the song. It's an elegant [...]

• First Rate People - American Life