August 2009
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Positivexposure Issue 2
FEATURING: Portugal. The Man, As Tall As Lions, Keep A Breast, The Fall of Troy, Anchor & Braille, Maps & Atlases, TOMS Shoes, Rock for Health, Invisible Children and more!
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a life in pictures
My name is Emma, I’ve been very kindly invited by Sunny to be a contributing writer on positivexposure, and I am really looking forward to…well, contributing in the future!
For many of us, all of the ‘important’ steps of our lives have been documented by proud parents, relatives and friends, all bearing cameras in their excited hands as we took our first steps, stood by the front door on...
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Awesome Band Alert: The Honey Trees
We’re honored to present you with our very first AWESOME BAND ALERT. We’ll post these ABAs whenever we find a band that we feel like everyone should know. Who has time to wait to interview them and put them in the magazine when we could be showing you now!?
THE HONEY TREES
The Honey Trees released their debut album, Wake The Earth in May. Wake The Earth is full of the harmonious melodies of...
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Aim and Ignite // fun.
Newborns on the music scene, fun. are the bubbly indie pop trio formed by The Format’s Nate Ruess. After listening, there is no doubt in my mind that fun. have indeed produced one of the most essential albums, pop or otherwise, of 2009. The band’s name itself is enough to give music listeners reason to pick up Aim & Ignite, but curiosity shouldn’t be your only reason for checking out the...
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Explains It All // Four Year Strong
Despite never having listened to Four Year Strong previous to this, I have to say that I respect them for this project.
The album, comprised entirely of 90s covers, is a very respectable take on the songs that I grew up on. Explains It All is very obviously an album that was created by real fans of these songs, and that is felt throughout the entire record.
Even though cover albums are...
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This Will Be The Death Of Us // Set Your Goals
Yet another band that I was heretofore unfamiliar with. Being a part of a genre I don’t generally listen to, I wasn’t sure how to approach Set Your Goals. Although it’s not something I would generally pick up, This Will Be The Death Of Us holds its own as a modern pop punk album.
Currents of hardcore run throughout Set Your Goals’ newest release, with heavy bass as well as fast drum beats....
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The Satanic Satanist // Portugal. The Man
The Satanic Satanist is definitely another contender for top album of 2009. If it’s not in the top 5, the last four months of 2009 must deliver some absolutely mind blowing material. Well, more mind blowing than The Satanic Satanist, that is. The guitar riffs are reminiscent of the 60s and 70s and are just downright groovy! Most of us will still have no idea what John Gourley is singing...
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You Can't Take It With You // As Tall As Lions
To be honest, if I had never heard of As Tall As Lions before, this might have gotten a full five pluses. However, I feel like it strays too much from everything I love about As Tall As Lions. The only thing that I feel is truly consistent between their self titled album and You Can’t Take It With You is the bass. The same smooth, rich, powerful, and perfectly balanced bass that made the...
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Trigonometry // A Clear Blurr
When’s the last time you’ve hear a pop-punk band talking about good grades? A Clear Blurr, the teenage quartet from New Jersey consisting of honor students and even a golf team captain, is getting ready to release their second studio album, Trigonometry. Yes folks, Trigonometry. A Clear Blurr’s infectious melodies and poppy bass take me back to the good old days when New...