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How Progressive insurance lost what made it progressive
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Years after he gave up on rock music, Bob Mould plugs back in
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Boozing through St. Patrick’s Day with Bono, Van, and the Pogues
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Beer, BBQ, industry schmoozing: Rounding up SXSW 2008’s local delegates
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Summery pop bands brave Cleveland’s harsh weather and reputation
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It took them 10 years, but the Sadies finally craft a country-rock classic
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Subject(s): Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter, Jack Peñate
London singer-songwriter Jack Peñate may remind you of Billy Bragg. It's not just the thickly accented delivery (which falls somewhere between overwhelming glee and heartbreaking resignation), but also the way both troubadours write about love like it's the only thing that matters. That's not to say love is all the 22-year-old Peñate sings about on his debut album. But like Bragg, he pens songs that are so infatuated with their subjects that they're thisclose to having a restraining order tossed at them. Back home, Peñate is often paired in the press with Kate Nash. It makes sense: Matinée is filled with peppy pop tunes about foolish hearts and lost souls, just like Nash's Made of Bricks. But Peñate also has a way with hooks that makes many of his songs sound warmly familiar and comfortably lived in. Just lovely.
