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REVIEW: Matchbox Twenty – North

September 10th, 2012

Grace Duffy

Artist: Matchbox Twenty
Album: North
Genre: Rock
Label: Atlantic Records

So much of the discourse around Matchbox Twenty seems to focus on their nascent days of fame and how to recapture it that it’s startling. Even for a band that’s so well-known, there’s an alarming emphasis on recognition and achievement and being seen to do well. I realise that this may not be the intent of the musicians themselves, but something of that mentality does seem to have informed North, an album with good intentions and fine moments but – ironically – absolutely no staying power. Matchbox Twenty make …

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MUSIC VIDEO: Matchbox Twenty – “She’s So Mean”

July 30th, 2012

Michael Meeze

Alternative Rock outfit, and former radio kings, Matchbox Twenty, have released their music video for their new single, ”She’s So Mean”; their first new song in almost five years. The track comes off of Matchbox Twenty’s forthcoming fourth record, North, which is due out on September 4 via Atlantic Records. You can check out the music video for “She’s So Mean” after the jump.

Matchbox Twenty are attempting their second “comeback” from hiatus. Back in 2007, the platinum-selling quintet were coming off a hiatus that lasted over two years. Subsequently, they released Exile on Mainstream, a greatest hits collection …

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Tags: 2002, 2007, 2009, atlantic records, Cradlesong, Exile on Mainstream, greatest hits More Than You Think You Are, Matchbox 20, Matchbox Twenty, music video, north, Rob Thomas, september 8, She's So Mean, single, video

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Matchbox Twenty Debut Single “She’s So Mean”

June 12th, 2012

Grant Trimboli

Pop rockers Matchbox Twenty have returned to music, with the ambitious new single called “She’s So Mean,” and honestly there is no better way to start your Tuesday morning.

The band come back firing on all cylinders and show us that even though they left the music scene for a decade they can still whip out a classic. This song will be off of the band’s upcoming release, North, due out on September 4.

Rob Thomas told AOL what exactly the song represents by looking below. Listen by simply heading right here and tell Under The Gun Review if …

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North – What You Were

October 7th, 2008

James Shotwell

Band: North
Album: What You Were
Genre: Post Rock/Hardcore
Label: Cavity

Tracks:
1. Possibilities
2. Ghosts Among Us
3. I Am Become Death
4. Failing In Perpetuum
5. Intentions
6. Eidolon
7. What You Were
8. Perspectives
9. Veiled In Light
10. Reflections

Every now and then a band comes along and makes a permanent impression on me. Whether it’s a good one or a bad one, it sticks. I get the impression on the new album from North that Kyle Hardy may be caught in a cycle of regurgitated vocal rumblings sufficient for an upset stomach or a car …

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Tags: cavity records, hardcore (genre), north, post rock, what you were

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Cavity Records MEGA-INTERVEW featuring NORTH and GIANTS

September 29th, 2008

James Shotwell

Just to change things up with our interview habits, you’re not about to read one, but two interviews in a single post! This weekend James spent a lot of time on the phone with two of our new favorite bands: North and Giants. Both these acts have amazing new albums out and reviews for those records will be posted shortly. If you have never heard of either of these groups, you, dear friends, are sorely missing out.