Word: albums
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...world performing “Amazing Grace” couldn’t outplay them. The four-piece group employs the kind of sweeping, heavily produced guitar lines that have made other Commonwealth bands like Muse and Bloc Party famous while capitalizing on moody lyrics and killer accents. The album cover of their eponymous first release, which is actually a collection of songs that they’ve been playing for several years now, seems to say it all—a scene derived from Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” that?...
...that his honest style hasn’t worked for him—he has collected five Grammys so far—but his successful sound lacks the dazzle and sex appeal of his collaborators. Perhaps Legend realized this: with his aptly titled third studio album “Evolver,” he announces in his sultry voice that he has stepped up his game. “Evolver” moves with a smooth, soulful momentum, powered by sweet lyrics, satisfying bass lines, and tightly constructed songs. After a sexy, morning-after intro that perfectly blends atmospheric piano...
Beck’s video for “Modern Guilt” is a deliberately grainy, wacky mini-parable, and a fitting title track for an album fueled by feelings of alienation. Here’s what happens: a long-haired Beck, oddly evoking Joni Mitchell, lopes inexpressively around the streets of a black-and-white Los Angeles. But he’s not as isolated as his new urban hippie vibe might lead you to assume—a moddish Anton Chigurh look-alike is stalking him, using the classic reconnaissance techniques of popping out from behind mailboxes...
...were branded as “gothic,” a label Smith constantly hopes to shun. Accordingly, the band has progressively gained a much more mainstream sound. With “4:13 Dream,” The Cure has released its most pop-driven and production-heavy album yet. Complete with cowbells and warbling guitar riffs, they now uncannily resemble the many bands they have influenced, and leave us wondering who is influencing whom. “4:13 Dream” begins with the six-minute “Underneath the Stars,” featuring...
...series were crafted by label co-founder James Murphy, and, according to the liner notes, were “recorded at home in Brooklyn.” While those same notes later reveal that the discs were also intended to be spun on BBC 1, most of the albums in the seasonally released serial are well worth the download (and they’re free on DFA’s website). While the content of some of these mixes can be a little dance-heavy at times, the imperfections are more than made up for by the tracks?...