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Howler's problem is this: how do you cause a pop cataclysm with your debut album when it already sounds secondhand?

Howler: America Give Up – review 2012

But the blogosphere has already gone mad for Howler's tracks posted online, and when they tour with the Vaccines later this year, there may well be a dash to see which of the two bands can pack their time on stage with the most fizzy, catchy tunes.

First sight: Howler 2011

"I'll take it as a compliment," shrugs Howler's Jordan Gatesmith, of the growing pile of articles favourably comparing his band to the Strokes, who similarly blazed out of the US into British consciousness with a short, sharp, fuzzy sound 11 years ago.

Howler: Ransacking rock'n'roll 2012

And that they are inevitable, given Howler's sound and the fact that they are signed to the label that spotted the Strokes, Rough Trade.

Howler: Ransacking rock'n'roll 2012

Howler's lyrics are a hoot, teeny tales of driving stolen cars into rivers and bonkers Oedipal fantasies.

Howler: Ransacking rock'n'roll 2012

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Archive 2007-12-01 2007

The Daily Howler's Bob Somerby has more on MoDo's latest one-act playlet, featuring John McCain and Hillary Clinton picking bits of Barack Obama from between their teeth.

Far from the Madding Dowd: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

It wasn't until 2003, after The Daily Howler's Bob Somerby highlighted the error, that the MRC appended a "clarification" to the original articles and added, "We regret the confusion."

Terry Krepel: Media Research Center Takes Ted Kennedy-Related Quote Out of Context 2009

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Your Right Hand Thief 2007

And if you think so, take a trip through the Howler's archives and marvel at the unbelievably nasty and gratuitous lies and distortions in the coverage of Gore, of the Clintons, and of other major Democrats from the major networks, from the major papers, from media outlets who claim to disavow Fox's biased agenda but whose hateful coverage of leading Democrats is just as bad.

Hullabaloo 2008