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...self-destructive loop of formation-creation-disbandment to avoid unwanted attention and the anathema of a “signature sound.” The idea of success is alien to punk rock, and simply not present in the lexicon. Bands that move forward—either creatively or commercially??must disown, and are disowned by, the localized and often incestuous punk communities they come from. But there’s a third direction, a direction that Portland indie-punks the Thermals have turned to with their fourth album...
...Japanese females in tow. Christened the Harajuku Girls, they introduced the American public to a particular brand of the Japanese fashion scene, though its representation was severely skewed. The style originated in Tokyo’s eponymous district and draws upon countless chronological and geographical influences, both aesthetically and commercially??European luxury brands regularly vie for the attention of Harajuku consumers alongside local designers. The potential origins of this uniquely Japanese amalgamation of cultural pressures are currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in “Showa Sophistication: Japan in the 1930s...
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