Control Voltage's Friday Five: Anthems for the House Nation's Breakaway States

June 21, 2012 – "Anthem" is a funny word. In dance music, there's hardly any higher praise; it signifies the elevation of a song to something nearing universality — a social fact. But in the more traditional sense of the word, anthems are awkward, embarrassing things; at worst, they're propaganda; more often, simply pompous. …
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