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(antiMusic) The Bronx roar back this week with their third album! To celebrate this release we asked frontman Matt Caughthran to pick his favorite tracks from the album and tell us about them. He more than delivers! Here is Matt with today’s song:

“Digital Leash”- This song is loosely based on the life of Marshall Applewhite. He was the leader of the Heaven’s Gate cult. He convinced people that a spaceship was coming to earth to pick him up. In order to prepare there bodies for heaven he and his followers committed mass suicide. Read more..

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Nogotaly Meite, 32, was mauled by a pit bull that showed no signs of belonging to anyone. The dog was shot dead, but the search for an owner continues.

 The husband of a pregnant woman viciously mauled by a pit bull in the Bronx begged cops yesterday to find the dog’s owner so his family can stop living in fear.

“I want to find the owner of the dog,” said Madous Meite, whose wife, Nogotaly Meite, was attacked Monday as she hawked newspapers in front of the East Tremont Ave. subway stop. “He has to account for his dog. We are hurt. We don’t know what to do now.”

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Back in the day, Led Zeppelin titled their first four albums “Led Zeppelin I,” “II,” “III,” and “IV.” With The Bronx’s third self-titled album, released on Nov. 11, it seems that they are on the same track, but this is probably the only similarity that can be drawn between the spastic punk/melodic hardcore act from Los Angeles and any other rock acts.
The Bronx’s attempt to distance themselves from the modern mainstream is obvious from the first track, “Knifeman,” as vocalist Matt Caughthran kicks off the disc with the lyrics, “I want to be original, I want to be surrounded by art/but everything is digital, the formulas are falling apart” and later accuses the music industry of being corrupt, singing “this isn’t music, it’s a pyramid scheme.”
“The Bronx (III)” (White Drugs/Original Signal, 2008) seems like the lovechild of “The Bronx (I)” (Ferret Music, 2003) and “The Bronx (II)” (Island, 2006). It packs the contagious energy of their first album while bringing in the melodic aspects and vocal prominence from their sophomore effort. On their second disc, they slowed down substantially for songs like “Dirty Leaves” and “Safe Passage” that are lullabies compared to their first album. On their new album, the energy starts high and the rhythms fast from the first track all the way to the last note of the eleventh and final track. This is slightly unfortunate, as the slower songs show their versatility and truly highlight Caughtran’s wonderful lyrics. Read more..

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Bronx resident Diogenes Angeles showed three young men he’s no shrinking grandfather: The Daily News reports that Angeles “dusted off his karate skills” yesterday when “Eugene Sanchez, 19, Rakeem Johnson, 23, and Jason Lopez, 25, taunted and then attacked” him. The 57-year-old managed to defend himself and the attackers ran away, only to be arrested by the police later and charged with robbery, possession of stolen property and resisting arrest (Sanchez also bit a cop’s hand; the News has a picture of the perps, one of whom is wearing seriously baggy jeans).

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Mid-day traffic will be diverted from a section of the Bronx River Parkway today and tomorrow in Eastchester and Scarsdale as workers re-apply a protective surface to the median barrier and carry out other work, the county announced.

The northbound lanes between Harney Road at Exit 10 in Eastchester and Crane Road at Exit 12 in Scarsdale will close from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The southbound lanes will close during the same hours tomorrow. Traffic will be detoured. Read more..

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