Word: alt-rock
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...Here Lies Love” means first coming to terms with the bizarre reality of this album: David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, and a host of guest singers narrating the rise and fall of Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. It’s an alt-rock opera about a woman most well known for the appalling excess of her collection of 3,000 designer shoes. As if that weren’t bewildering enough, it fails to cover the most well-known events of its subject’s life; Byrne, the album?...
...less subtle. In “Last Call,” music is used exactly as it would be in a movie—to augment emotional episodes and to set the mood in moments without dialogue. This is an unusual technique, and the selection of mid-tempo alt-rock, mostly from a few years ago, is tasteful. However, the intimate nature of live theater—especially this play—renders a “soundtrack” unnecessary and overdramatic...
...music terminology, Vamps are recurrent themes, usually chords or series of chords played continually to establish rhythm. VAMPS is also the name of a side project by two of Japanese music's leading lights - alt-rock singer HYDE and guitarist K.A.Z (the professional name of Kazuhito Iwaike...
Turns out Kelly Clarkson is forever bound to pop after all. After her alt-rock detour on 2007’s “My December,” she returns to her crowd-pleasing ways, belting out the type of pop anthems she’s best known for. “All I Ever Wanted,” Clarkson’s fourth release, showcases her vocal strengths better than ever. Good pop comebacks are not a dime-a-dozen, but in spite of some minor setbacks, the singer manages to come out with yet another success. Reclaiming...
...rumor that alt-rock outfit Eve 6—known for singles “Inside Out” and “Here’s to the Night”—would be headlining at this year’s Yardfest sparked the ire of students as it circulated through House lists yesterday...