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Set Your Goals

Comments (1) By COTT HEISEL Thursday, Oct 22 2009

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With Mayday Parade, the Academy Is, the Secret Handshake, and You Me at Six. 6:30 p.m. Saturday, October 24, at the Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale. Tickets cost $14.99. Call 954-564-1074, or visit cultureroom.net.

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Of all the acts signed to a major label in the post-Blink-182 pop-punk boom, who would've guessed that New Found Glory would serve as inspiration for hundreds of sound-alikes? Until recently, in fact, NFG was the dominant influence on the pop-hardcore sextet Set Your Goals. But with the July 21 release of its sophomore album, This Will Be the Death of Us, the Bay-area band has distanced itself from fellow imitators like Four Year Strong. Death is loaded with guest vocals; Paramore's Hayley Williams drops in on "The Few That Remain," and "Our Ethos: A Legacy to Pass On" features her boyfriend, Chad Gilbert — yes, of New Found Glory. (OK, so maybe the NFG comparisons won't stop yet.) These tracks are significantly more challenging than anything off the band's previous album, Mutiny! — and SYG is notoriously sloppy live — so let's hope the band's been practicing.

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