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    Popstar Assassins

    Moderne

    (2005)

    Reviewed by Justin Wright

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    Moderne didn't really do much for me. The music reminds me of the stuff I helped some friends record in college about ten years ago that ended up in the bottom of a dorm room dresser. Nothing much. The guitars were a bit repetitive. They moved from song to song without much distinction. The vocals seemed a little grating. Kind of a nasally, dragging sensation. There seems to be a touch of early R.E.M. there, but not enough to keep listening to it after the first time through. The title of the first song kind of summed it up for me..."Headache(s)"

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