sentences:  Appearances at CBGB, Cake Shop, North 6, Knitting Factory and headlining slots on nationwide and international tours and festivals between 2004 and 2008—(Homo-a-Gogo (Olympia, Washington), SXSW (Austin, Texas), CMJ (New York City), and NXNE (Toronto, Canada))—The Dead Betties reached a broader audience.While the band puts the finishing touches on its forthcoming album, lead single The Way We Live Now received 5 out of 5 stars from About.com’s Ryan Cooper.“The Way We Live Now” shares its name with the classic Susan Sontag short story and is an ode to civil rights pioneers from the 1980s.