http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/08/12/edward-sharpe-magnetic-zeros/

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Yay or nay? by Leah Greenblatt Categories: Buzzworthy, Indie Rock, Let's Argue! Having successfully avoided the gathering tumbleweed of hype surrounding kaleidoscopic psych-rock collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, I finally got snagged on a live YouTube clip that made the Music Mix email rounds today. Watch below: <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h0RQnGhxZzg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h0RQnGhxZzg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> First thought? Wow, that intro sounds exactly like The Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” with bits of “Intervention.” Second thought? Oh goody, more beardy-messiah commune rock! Meet you at the corner of Polyphonic Spree Street and Devendra Boulevard, my hairy friends! Third thought: Holy crap, is that the old singer from Ima Robot? That would be the dance-punk outfit whose 2003 self-titled full-length was full of spiky little razor-wire ditties like “A Is for Action” and “Dynomite” — a wee bit L.A.-fromage and frankly bandwagon-jumpy, but oh, so very hooky. Now that you’ve witnessed the artist formerly known as Alex Ebert, now “Edward Sharpe,” with his beatific, sprawling crew of Magnetic Zeros, tell me — are you buying what he’s selling (along with, I’m guessing from this video, handmade tambourines and veggie burritos from a van)? Or does it seem just a little too third-gen Father Yod/indie-trendy opportunivore? Frankly, I’m still very much on the fence, though you can buy the new self-titled record, or see them on tour now through October and judge for yourself; if you’ve already made up your mind, do tell me in the comments section below.

this dude went into brain. he spun his way trough the rolling paper pill haze and de-scrambled the thought pattern of my inner child, Carlos. Carlos spoke to him in an indian accent. told the writer that he dis likes the zeros, and that it did remind him of the arcade fire.

then the dude wrote this article.