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REWIND: Add these Irish acts to your St. Patrick’s Day playlist
My Bloody Valentine, courtesy. Welcome to what’s apparently the third annual St. Patrick’s Day list of Irish bands in which I specifically and intentionally don’t include U2! For those just joining us, our illustrious editor Roman Gokhman is a U2 fan in the same sense that Stan was an…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Snow Patrol impresses with gorgeously visceral Wildness
Snow Patrol rose to prominence in a time of adjustment, post-Britpop, alongside the likes Radiohead and Coldplay. Propelled by 2003’s “Chocolate” and “Run,” and 2006’s massive hit “Chasing Cars,” frontman Gary Lightbody and co. helped set the formula that combined earnest, poetic lyricism with grandiose, arena-swelling pop. The band’s…
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INTERVIEW: Snow Patrol battles to smash image as balladeers
Snow Patrol, Courtesy. Snow Patrol is still best known in the U.S. for “Chasing Cars,” which played over a tearjerker moment on “Grey’s Anatomy” a half-decade ago. That’s why the Irish-Scottish band made a purposeful attempt to prove Gary Lightbody and co. can create more than the masterful ballad…