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The Bamboozle Festival Just Got A Little Less "A Little Less Sixteen Candles" And A Little More "Someday I Suppose"
So the Bamboozle, the annual spring/summer weekend where a bazillion tri-state kids would stand in a Jersey parking lot for a weekend watching Fueled By Ramen bands and bands trying very hard to get called up to the FBR bigs, started out as the world's biggest mall emo festival. (Or "Those Dudes festival", if you prefer.) But then emo kinda ate pop-rock for a minute, making the Bamboozle something awfully close to a general-interest rock festival as it expanded its remit, which now apparently includes third-wave ska giants old enough to be Hayley Williams' lecherous Bostonian uncles. More »
In addition to their December reunion shows, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones are "going into the studio to record three new songs, and they plan to release them (along with previously unreleased material and vinyl B-sides) on a CD called Medium Rare." My plaid heart just skipped a beat. [