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American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download

Contributed by ifyoumakeit. Posted on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 3:00 PM (EST)

American War, the side project of Matt Schuerman from The Sidekicks, has their debut album Rhetoric available for free (donations highly suggested) download over at If You Make It.

Check it out here.

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Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by Make_Way on 2009-11-09 15:05:50

Hmm...the little blurb that's on the page nails it: This does sound like some latter-day Promise Ring, or at least has a strong resemblance to Davey von Bohlen.

little slow starting, but it's good.

edit
by Make_Way on 2009-11-09 15:06:39

...strong resemblance to Davey von Bohlen's vocal style.

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by ifyoumakeit on 2009-11-09 15:09:14
http://www.ifyoumakeit.com

I've honed my "sounds like" skills over the last year or two. Unfortunately my writing skills never had a chance to catch up.

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by Blackjaw_ on 2009-11-09 15:08:38
http://cultureasgiven.blogspot.com/

This should be awesome. His songs on "Through Leaves, Over Bridges" are quite good.

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by eazyd2 on 2009-11-09 15:11:51
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Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by eazyd2 on 2009-11-09 15:12:58
http://liverpoolfc.tv

that guy in the red shirt totally wants to suck the singers dick off

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by eazyd2 on 2009-11-09 15:18:17
http://liverpoolfc.tv

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Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by Holy_Balls on 2009-11-09 15:18:32
http://www.punknews.org/logout

this news post has the word "Side" in it a lot.

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by Lifebystereo on 2009-11-09 15:29:07
http://lastfm.com/user/lifebystereo

like punknews readers won't jerk off to anything Sidekicks-related

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by Blackjaw_ on 2009-11-09 15:30:41
http://cultureasgiven.blogspot.com/

I wish his voice didn't sound like that douche from The Offspring at times.

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by Blackjaw_ on 2009-11-09 15:30:41
http://cultureasgiven.blogspot.com/

I wish his voice didn't sound like that douche from The Offspring at times.

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for fre
by jonnyv859 on 2009-11-09 15:46:12

this kid has a pretty sweet jumpshot

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by dlangl4 on 2009-11-09 15:56:01

blackjaw is stoked

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by Holy_Balls on 2009-11-09 16:08:40
http://www.punknews.org/logout

blackjaw wish his voice didn't sound like that douche from The Offspring at times.

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by Babrook on 2009-11-09 16:32:36
http://www.last.fm/user/Babrook

Sidekicks should have him do lead vocals and some tunes.

beta? fuck that.
by Babrook on 2009-11-09 16:34:28
http://www.last.fm/user/Babrook

on*

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by IanIsSuperRad on 2009-11-09 18:28:59
http://www.last.fm/user/IanIsSuperRad

So goddamn good. Some tracks have a Good Old War vibe to it.

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for fre
by Yoyomon on 2009-11-09 18:53:21

nta gets no love.

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for fre
by PCS19 on 2009-11-09 23:46:08

yeah no target audience is way underrated in my opinion. i understand everybody is freaking about the skicks these days but matt sings lead in that

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for fre
by justthetip on 2009-11-10 11:57:47

Hell yeah, I didn't even know this guy was in the sidekicks I know him from no target audience..

Re: American War (The Sidekicks) releases "Rhetoric" for free download
by CBSrocksteady on 2009-11-10 02:31:41
http://www.myspace.com/217scene

Bricks is such a great song