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If there's a lesson to be learned from Pearl Jam's antagonistic 2006 album, it's that sometimes you have to be angry before you can ever be happy. With a different name but an unmistakeable sound ...

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Elias has written about music and books for Diffuser, Billboard, The Atlantic, Salon, Time Out New York, and Paste. He is from Northampton, Massachusetts, and can be found at signothetimesblog.