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		<title>The Menzingers &#8211; Chamberlain Waits &#8211; CD Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Menzingers
Chamberlain Waits
Red Scare Records
8/10
Having previously enjoyed A Lesson in the abuse of Information Technology, I switched on The Menzingers’ new record with that mixed sense of excitement and trepidation you get when you like a band and don’t want to be let down by a dubious second album. With Chamberlain Waits you certainly aren’t disappointed. The raw and passionate sounds that are so evident in the first album are honed to brilliance, giving us track after track that is not only easy on the ears, but that makes your stomach ...]]></description>
		<link>http://racketmag.com/music/the-menzingers-chamberlain-waits-cd-review/</link>
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		<title>Street Sweeper Social Club &#8211; Interview &#8211; Sorta</title>
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Gabe and Dennis. What a pair. You know who else is a pair? Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine and Boots Riley of The Coup. Click the play button to see how Boots gets back at Tom (Congrats Tom!) and to see which cross-dressing duo they compare themselves to.
-The Emperor
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		<link>http://racketmag.com/interviews/street-sweeper-social-club-interview-sorta/</link>
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		<title>Dragonette &#8211; Interview</title>
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I love dragons. I figured a Dragonette would be a tiny little dragon, more adept at making creme brulees than burning down the thatch-roofed cottages, What THIS Dragonette is is a Canadian pop band that REALLY makes me want to watch the Goonies. While the interview was shot by Jason Weintraub and edited by Dennis and Gabe of Original Knockoff, I got stuck writing the intro when all I wanted to do gawk at uber-leggy vocalist Martina Sorbara.
-The Emperor
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		<link>http://racketmag.com/interviews/dragonette-interview/</link>
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		<title>Weezer &#8211; Hurley &#8211; CD Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Weezer
Hurley
Epitaph Records
9/10

The first track off this record is without a doubt one of the strongest starting tracks of a record I have heard. &#8220;Memories&#8221; leads Hurley into a succession of solid songs. It has that classic Weezer sound that we know and love, yet this one goes beyond that. There is another layer that is more melodic and before I knew it I was singing along, even before I was one hundred percent sure of the words. 

I’m not gonna say this record is perfect, cuz it’s not. It has ...]]></description>
		<link>http://racketmag.com/music/weezer-hurley-cd-review/</link>
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		<title>Secondhand Serenade &#8211; Hear Me Now &#8211; CD Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Secondhand Serenade
Here Me Now
2/10
When I hit play on the album’s opener “Distance” and listened to the first 5 seconds, I must admit I had an excited moment because it reminded me of how a Dashboard Confessional album would start; guitar strumming with light piano. But then John Vesely starts singing his awful lyrics about driving down a dark highway alone. Umm&#8230;haven’t we heard this line about 157 times in the past year? He even sings about “driving alone” in “Only Hope” again. Yeah, we get it. Musically, it’s like they’re ...]]></description>
		<link>http://racketmag.com/music/secondhand-serenade-hear-me-now-cd-review/</link>
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		<title>Zane Lamprey &#8211; Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
You know what, I might have had a bad time at the Drinking Made Easy Tour, but I will most definitely support Zane Lamprey in his future endeavors, such as the new Drinking Made Easy show on HDNet. I still can&#8217;t bear to delete any of the Three Sheets I have on the DVR, even though I&#8217;ve seen &#8216;em each like 6 times. This interview was right before the tour, but with the new show popping up soon, I think now is the time to unleash this upon the world.
I ...]]></description>
		<link>http://racketmag.com/interviews/zane-lamprey-interview/</link>
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		<title>The Constellations &#8211; Southern Gothic &#8211; CD Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Constellations
Southern Gothic – CD Review
Virgin Records
6/10
When I first picked up the record and read&#8211;The Constellations, I knew it would be my next Racket victim. The band’s name sounds like a Motown group, but the eight-piece group from Atlanta does not use enough tambourines for that. There are definitely plenty of handclaps though! Scanning my eyes downward, I read the title of their debut album, Southern Gothic, and my mind instantly went to Faulker. However, what ensued was not grotesque southern literature but rather, a clusterfuck of awkward sounding party ...]]></description>
		<link>http://racketmag.com/music/the-constellations-southern-gothic-cd-review/</link>
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		<title>As Tall As Lions &#8211; Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing like starting an interview by informing the band that you are drinking. As Tall As Lions is fronted by a dude named Dan Nigro. I think it&#8217;s a good thing I didn&#8217;t know his last name until after I did the interview, or there might have been a different line of questioning.
First, before we get this thing started, I have a question for you. Do you suggest an IPA or a hefeweizen at 12:30 in the afternoon? 
Hefeweizen.
All right. I’ll trust you on this one. So honestly, the only ...]]></description>
		<link>http://racketmag.com/interviews/as-tall-as-lions-interview/</link>
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		<title>AM Taxi Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AM Taxi seems like it&#8217;s comprised of nice enough fellas. Racket spoke with singer Adam Krier about festivals and stealing shit from hotels.

 Have you ever been to Warped Tour or any daylong festivals before, just as a fan?
Yeah
What are you making sure to bring? What have you learned from your mistakes?
Well I would certainly not encourage people to sneak in there on alcohol, but I’m just sayin, it’s a fact. You know? I mean, there are bottles for that kind of thing. And plenty of sun tan lotion.
A lot ...]]></description>
		<link>http://racketmag.com/interviews/am-taxi-interview/</link>
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		<title>Coheed and Cambria w/ The Dear Hunter and Porcupine Tree- Show Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coheed and Cambria
With the Dear Hunter and Porcupine Tree
The Wiltern
August 12, 2010
As I have lamented in the past, it’s often disappointing to me how bad the sound quality is for the opening band on a major bill show. Though I am not too familiar with their music, what I’ve heard I like, and I was excited to go out and see the Dear Hunter, and I wanted to actually HEAR the Dear Hunter at their show. Such was not the case.
The band is amazingly talented, and their songs are beautiful ...]]></description>
		<link>http://racketmag.com/music/coheed-and-cambria-w-the-dear-hunter-and-porcupine-tree-show-review/</link>
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