event 20 Reasons Taken
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Fri Jun 25
4:15 pm
20 Reasons Taken at U.S. Cellular Connection Stage (Summerfest)
The insistence that truly retro rock be taken with a grain of irony is something inherent to '80s reproduction. But with the '90s growing ever more distant in the rear-view mirror, the time for earnest dedication to the alternative rock paradigm is also slowing ticking away. Good thing for 20 Reasons Taken that it jumped on the bandwagon long before uncoolness was in sight, so its spot-on impersonation of vintage '90s post-grunge rockers like Sponge and Eve 6 should be grandfathered in on the group's 2010 release, Through This Fight. And while the mopiness hangs heavy on some songs, breezy power-poppers like "Calling Out" will get heads nodding.
U.S. Cellular Connection Stage (Summerfest) 200 N Harbor Dr, Milwaukee, WI
The insistence that truly retro rock be taken with a grain of irony is something inherent to '80s reproduction. But with the '90s growing ever more distant in the rear-view mirror, the time for earnest dedication to the alternative rock paradigm is also slowing ticking away. Good thing for 20 Reasons Taken that it jumped on the bandwagon long before uncoolness was in sight, so its spot-on impersonation of vintage '90s post-grunge rockers like Sponge and Eve 6 should be grandfathered in on the group's 2010 release, Through This Fight. And while the mopiness hangs heavy on some songs, breezy power-poppers like "Calling Out" will get heads nodding.
Updated 05/04/2011
