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Default Genders' James Brooks Responds to Criticism
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Default Genders’ James Brooks: ‘I Totally Failed’

In a week, James Brooks has gone from a cult artist — fewer than 11,000 Twitter followers at last count — to a lightning rod…
Marc Hogan / August 7, 2013
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See Dead Girlfriends’, Now Called Default Genders, Cat-Fancying ‘Stop Pretending’ Video

James Brooks, the former Elite Gymnastics songwriter and producer who last week released a new EP as Dead Girlfriends, has changed the name of his…
Marc Hogan / August 5, 2013
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Dead Girlfriends’ ‘On Fraternity’: A Roundtable

On Monday, James Brooks, formerly of the electronic-minded duo-turned-solo-project Elite Gymnastics, debuted his new alias, Dead Girlfriends, with a four-song EP called Stop Pretending. One…
Jessica Hopper / August 2, 2013
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James Brooks Kills Elite Gymnastics, Returns as Dead Girlfriends

Elite Gymnastics is dead, long live Dead Girlfriends. Brooklyn-based artist James Brooks confirmed on Monday (July 29) that he's abandoned his Elite Gymnastics solo project…
Kyle McGovern / July 29, 2013

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