"The Suburbs," Deconstructed

Soundcheck | Feb 16, 2011

Top honors at this year’s Grammy Awards went to a collection of songs about growing up outside the urban core. Today: a reaction to Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” from sociologist Christopher Niedt of Hofstra University’s National Center for Suburban Studies.

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