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article: pitchfork - u218 singles review
U2 have fans as passionate as any other upper-tier rock act, but they also have more haters than any of the other entities currently competing for "best band in the world" status—not least because they're the only ones over 25 years old crass enough to make such a goal explicit.

article: review of live show by the changes
these guys clearly have a lot of raw talent, which translates into pulsating, anthemic songs. lead vocalist darren spitzer has the gravelly coyote howl of bono, and in many respects the changes sound like a more jangly version of u2.

bono. coyote. jangly. same sentence. (chuckle.)

[mp3] the changes - when i wake
[mp3] the changes - on a string
[mp3] the changes - when i sleep
[buy] the changes - today is tonight

i do not hear the bono. or the coyote.

article: ears wide open
robert hilburn talks with interscope gangster jimmy iovine about u2, bruce, patti smith, eminem, dre, gwen. blah. blah. new-to-me-photo. blah.



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