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Article: Wizard of Ahs; M83's Emo Elixir
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- The Stranger
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- September 16, 2004
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IT DOESN'T TAKE Nostradamus' prognosticating powers to predict M83 will become the next band to wow those who'd prefer to experience music in planetariums. After all, M83, the French duo of Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau, named themselves after a galaxy, and their music aspires to transport you to distant realms while plucking your heart strings till they fray with the overwhelming sincerity and passion of it all.
It's official: The emo virus has infected new shoegazer rock. Spearheaded by bands like Explosions in the Sky, Mono, and Sigur Rós, this burgeoning movement exchanges shoegaze's typically emotionally numb bliss-scapes for flamboyant displays of heart-on-sleeve ...