Word: alt-rock
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...Roxy, was the unlikely host to the London-based experimental rock/electropop band best known for what they have titled "ambient boogie." Their music is a heady mix of everything from Muzak to French femme-pop, from acid jazz to industrial German kraut-rock, tied up into neat little alt-rock packages with the silky ribbons of Mary Hansen's lead vocals...
...hardcore band; distributed across the stage of the Somerville Theater were a bass drum with a flipped bird painted on the front, a party bottle of Jack Daniels and a riot gear-looking bullhorn. The fans that packed Davis Square's venerable fountain of obscurity know the truth about alt-rock's satirical brats, though: Ween is just kidding...
...seemed to be having an equally good time. When the rest of the band stepped off stage "to take a leak," leaving him to play a lighter-waving ballad, he barely managed to keep a straight face through the second verse. Though the band's musical mix of grungy alt-rock and bouncy hoe-down country would have made for a decent concert by itself, it was their presence and stage antics that made it a truly great, entertaining show. Though the brothers Ween may be known for their adolescent humor and cheap laughs vulgarity, their on-stage satire...
...sound of a not-untalented artist struggling to find his voice and ultimately ending up with too much style and too little content. STP fans will undoubtedly argue whether Weiland was better off with his former bandmates or not, and at this point, it's tough choice--measured, vanilla alt-rock hits vs. weird, inspired unpredictability. But for Weiland, the real question is whether 12 Bar Blues will go down in rock history as the audacious start of a memorable and exciting solo career, or just a depraved one-off from a rock singer has-been...
...says Neal Young, "makes no difference with music." This is made abundantly clear on his new album, Mirror Ball. Young's association with the youthful alt-rock megaband Pearl Jam has rejuvenated the 49-year-old rocker. Pearl Jam serves as an extraordinary backup band on the new album. Rather than a cheap marketing gimmick, the pairing is a natural coming together of rockers with a shared commitment and passion, saysTIME critic Christopher John Farley. This collection of thoughtful, involving songs is "one of the most consistently rewarding works of Young's long rewarding career." Previous TIME Daily Campaign...