I haven’t seen this before and it was posted back in June… so I’m posting about it now.

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There are numerous places emo superstar Chris Carrabba can’t go without a throng of screaming adolescents trailing him. Fortunately, the rock & roll dive bar WXOU Radio in Manhattan’s West Village is not one of them. Here, hidden among a rowdier crowd, Carrabba, who is synonymous with Dashboard Confessional (the four-piece band he fronts), is able to watch the Yankees-vs.-Red Sox game prominently playing on the TV and announce his lifelong loyalty to the Bronx Bombers. (Alas, they lose 9-5.) A few drinks help to reveal more surprises tucked under the singer-guitarist’s heavily tattooed sleeves: a vast, anthem-heavy new album (Dusk and Summer, out June 27), an unlikely friendship with a ’90s alt-rock icon, and an ability to toss ‘em back. Three of them, at least.

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