Word: alt
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WERE EDWARDS not Canadian, her second album of alt-country old-flame songs might be too vicious to take. But because she sings with a sleepy, almost polite affectlessness (like Beth Orton or Suzanne Vega), the moments when Edwards eviscerates cads with such lines as "You say you like me in your memory/ You've got to be f___ing kidding me" sound less like insults than laments. She would like to be rough around the edges, but she knows softness is her best feature...
...James E. Alt, Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government...
...philippic begins, Drew, as you’ve deftly swung the discussion back to a point I started to make above: Mayer, along with Norah Jones, winner of 3, Alicia Keyes, winner of 4, U2, winners of 3, Springsteen, winner of 1, Maroon 5, and even best alt album winners Wilco are part of this bland, inoffensive slate of artists with an immense populist appeal that never does a whole lot to challenge convention...
...rise. Set-lists from past shows have shown that Meloy is equally dipping into the band’s catalog as with the new collection of Mozzer tracks, including the EP’s closer, the epic “Everyday is Like Sunday.” When alt-crunchie Natalie Merchant covered it, Morrissey wrote a spiteful song in rebuttal—time will tell how he deals with this indie-pop update from a songwriter of more comparable talents...
...philippic begins, Drew, as you’ve deftly swung the discussion back to a point I started to make above: Mayer, along with Norah Jones, winner of 3, Alicia Keyes, winner of 4, U2, winners of 3, Springsteen, winner of 1, Maroon 5, and even best alt album winners Wilco are part of this bland, inoffensive slate of artists with an immense populist appeal that never does a whole lot to challenge convention...