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Sled Island: Endorsed by Dave Grohl and Jack White, Japan's Otoboke Beaver are riding high

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Summary
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48% Informative

On Pardon ? the fourth song on Otoboke Beaver’s 2022 album Super Champon is a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the language barrier between the band and its English -speaking fans.

The four -piece band is a guest curator at the Sled Island Music and Art Festival .

The band is often labelled a “feminist” band.

Otoboke Beaver plays the Palace on June 21 at 9:30 p.m. as part of The Sled Island Music and Arts Festival .

The band was asked to help curate the festival, a role filled in the past by artists as varied as Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna , Godspeed You ! Black Emperor, Colin Newman and Sudan Archives .

VR Score

45

Informative language

41

Neutral language

47

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

39

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

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