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OMD, WASHINGTON ( Wonder Ballroom , 128 NE Russell) OMG! OMD! —The one and only Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark—or OMD, if you are nasty—have dusted off their synths, reunited their original members, and returned to the stage. All nostalgia aside, OMD's back catalog is untouchable, a perfect time capsule of '80s synth pop without any of the gimmicks. In lieu of dancing to "99 Luftballons" for the 99th time at some tired '80s night, come see the real gems of that decade in action. EZRA ACE CARAEFF [...]

1990s alt-rock-evoking Australian duo go a little too uniform on their sophomore release. When An Horse drop in a fleeting reference to Twin Peaks early into Walls, their second full-length album, it somehow makes perfect sense, despite the acres of formal and emotional distance between David Lynch's surreal psychodramas and the Australian duo's sturdy, tuneful guitar pop songs. Upon the band's debut, first with a promising EP called Not Really Scared in 2008 and then with the equally solid long-player Rearrange Beds in 2009, they carried with them...

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