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• Lightspeed Champion, 'Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You' (Domino)

  February 17, 2010 – With his 2008 solo debut, this Houston-born, U.K.-raised, and now New York–based singer-songwriter left behind noise-dance trio Test Icicles to become an Anglo-accented Bright Eyes. Here, Devonté Hynes pens an indie-rock passion play that picks up the tempo and spotlights his thespian skills. Overenunciated diction? Check. Scenery-chewing delivery? Check. Violin orgies and curtain-call-worthy choruses? Check, check. …
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  How He Became… Lightspeed Champion

  February 2, 2010 – Welcome to the new weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorite artists. (See previous stories in the series.) This week: Lightspeed Champion. …
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  Lightspeed Champion Covers Elvis!

  January 8, 2010 – Today would have been the 75th birthday of Elvis Presley. To pay his respects, Brit singer/songwriter Lightspeed Champion, a.k.a. …
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  Lightspeed Champion Debuts New Songs in NYC

  June 18, 2009 – Lightspeed Champion (a.k.a. Devonte Hynes) may have split personality disorder. The singer-songwriter was all over the place Wednesday night at Manhattan's Mercury Lounge, exuding a humility (apologizing for slipped riffs) and self-confidence (boasting about writing songs in just days) during his first performance since disappearing into the studio a year ago. …
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