Word: accompanimental
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Miller’s performance presents an alternative perspective on D.W. Griffith’s controversial, Ku Klux Klan-praising 1915 film The Birth of a Nation. Projecting spliced images of digitally enhanced footage from Griffith’s film with new clips onto three big screens and mixing it...
The climactic fight scene at the end of the film pointlessly rips off visuals from Star Wars (light saber battle on a catwalk), The Lord of the Rings (bows and arrows launched at giants), The Matrix (borg arms descending on an innocent civilization), and Braveheart (kilts and all). The scene...
In contrast to the whizzing machinery and artifice of Digital Ash, Wide Awake features Bright Eyes’ signature folk-country ballads. Oberst cashes in on his heartland roots to deliver ten tracks of white boy blues, twanging along to song titles like “Old Soul Song?...
Working with a successful mainstream artist like Harris relaxes Oberst’s alt-country pretensions somewhat, resulting in a few unapologetically fragile songs. But these tracks are still a far cry from the music of Oh Holy Fools or even Lifted, severely lacking in the deep-blush emotional candor...
One of the most exciting moments of Bazan’s set came when he announced a cover of a Neil Young song (“Revolution Blues,” from his classic album On the Beach). As the band began to play, Sparhawk surreptitiously emerged from behind the...