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...into prominence in 1995 as the pianist, singer and primary songwriter for the ironically named Chapel Hill trio Ben Folds Five. With Darren Jessee on drums and Robert Sledge on bass, the group soon found a niche in the indie-rock scene. Their self-titled debut album betrayed the band??s powerful combination of Folds’s reckless piano playing, angst-ridden, intelligent lyrics and uncanny ability to write addictive hooks. Wading through the cliché-filled waters of lost love, self-loathing and rejection with a raw originality, Folds quickly proved his rare ability to take...
...can’t be saved / All the low things / I’ve learned to be / In this mess I have made.” And it was a record store failure. The album was a far cry from the loud, angry angst of the band??s debut, and certainly not “Brick: Part Two” as so many fans and critics wanted. The band??s most introspective, well-integrated album was met with largely mediocre sales and reviews...
...Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) had hoped to bring a major band??Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and REM were mentioned as possibilities—to campus in the spring. To draw such a popular band, HCC’s proposal called for a venue capable of accommodating about 37,000 people, and Harvard Stadium is, of course, the only space on campus that could host such an event. The next biggest venue is the Bright Hockey Arena, with a capacity of less than...
...long ago, a minimum of two Pavement albums was de rigeur for anyone who took their indie rock cred seriously. With the band??s break-up, this is perhaps no longer the case, and it remains to be seen whether Stephen Malkmus will fly his solo flag quite as high as the Pavement. In the meantime, the other smithereen of the Pavement disintegration, led by ex-Pavement guitarist Spiral Stairs (all guitarists should have names this cool) has come into its own under the moniker Preston School of Industry. Preston’s debut album, All This Sounds...
...first album Little Earthquakes—a song about her experience of being raped. “She’s well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand,” never sounded so sinister. The song stretches out and engulfs, this time with the band??s accompaniment, laced with soulless defences of the amendment, while Amos intones, full of multiple meanings: “Mother Superior jump the gun.” If this is an anti-gun rant, Amos would be the last to make it simple or easy...