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Music-industry hype machines have doubled their output as Coldplay’s new album, X&Y, comes out tomorrow. The most enjoyable official ad, for us, was the full back page of yesterday’s New York Times Arts & Leisure section—an ad that, with the section opened up, ended up cowering next to Jon Pareles’ scathing front-page article, “The Case Against Coldplay.” Ouch. If the band’s own nauseous PR is to be believed, they’ve wasted no time stagnating under their own perceived importance.
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