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and Creative Loafing recently devoted a cover story to one fan's quest to understand why band leader Jeff Mangum dropped out of sight soon after Aeroplane's release

a final give-it-everything-you've-got effort to keep their fantasy of being a real rock band alive

It considers the vast impact and influence that Hounds Of Love has had on music cultures and creative practices through the years

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Elvis Costello's Armed Forces nick cave and Creative Loafing recently devoted'm convinced that Franklin Bruno knows more about Armed Forces than even Elvis Costello does. His dense interrogation of the album traces its roots through punk back to Ray Charles and Burt Bacharach, examining the nuanced integration of so many different styles into something new, fierce, and idiosyncratic As contradictory and as caustic as his subject can be, Bruno understands that Costello's shortcomings only make him more fascinating as a human