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Flyover Rock Is The Future Of Music [Arguing On The Internet]
Posted on November 03, 2008
It's weird to me that the glorification of ignorance is finally (maybe) about to fail in U.S. politics, but it's still a good look in blue-state coastal elitist music journalism, Marc Hogan writes, referring to Ann Powers' article about what she calls flyover rock, and what others have called red-state rock. Powers argues that the genre which includes bands like Nickelback, Hinder, and Daughtry is unfairly dismissed by what is variously called the coasts, the media, and elitists. Her musical analysis highlights the sound's eclecticism and tries to relate their lyrical focus to ...
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