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The word bully has a negative connotation in 2015, one heavy with menace and violence. A bully is an instigator, an aggressorsomeone who can spot your weaknesses and exploit them mercilessly. Its a curious name for a Nashville quartet that is transforming familiar 90s alt-rock (Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Weezer) into smart, sharp-edged millennial indie rock, but bully is certainly an apt description for the
bands churning guitars, rambunctious rhythms, and tightly coiled intensity. Their debut Feels Like sounds alternately like a balled fist and a fresh bruise.
More crucially, the word bully is a perfect distillation of frontwoman Alicia Bognannos visceral approach to songwriting. She trades in steely observations, raw-nerve confessions, and intense anger directed almost exclusively at herselfalthough a few bystanders and bad exes might get caught in the crossfire. Her voice rises from sugar-sweet to scratchy howl as she bares her most harrowing fears to the world. In other words, Bognanno is her own bully.
"Formed in late 2010, Milwaukees Midnight Reruns have quickly become familiar faces on the local club scene, though their profile is due to get a healthy boost any day now. The bands jangly, Replacements-esque guitar pop is instantly likable, and made even better with a charming, practiced sloppiness that keeps things remarkably fresh. Toss in the woozy, too-cool-for-school vocals from singer Graham Hunt, and the Reruns seem destined for more than just local weekday bills." -A.V. Club
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