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...entrance of a fast snare and surging guitar riff that brings the energy to a classic Bloc Party peak. The lyrics set a theme for the rest of the album, which features more overt allusions to the issues of stardom and even the drudgery of life in the band??s homeland, England: “Because East London is a vampire / It sucks the joy right out of me,” shouts Okereke. “Hunting for Witches” expands upon Bloc Party’s typical dance beats with a much more electronic feel...
...frantic, scattershot rocking. Soon after, however, the immediacy and unpredictability vanishes, and the songs become too comfortable—at least, by Deerhoof standards. “Friend Opportunity” is by no means a misstep. It’s an easily listenable, fun album, and the band??s signature nervy drums and bipolar blasts of sound can still be found in “Cast off Crown.” But with the expectations attached to a Deerhoof album, it’s hard not to be a little disappointed when even 12-minute sound experiment...
...right, I’ll admit it. I once had a crush on Fall Out Boy. I found “Sugar, We’re Going Down” soon after the suburban Chicago band??s 2005 album hit the radio. The song breathed life into the orange-haired, black-nail-polished part of me I’d ignored since my pre-teen years. I’d found my secret summer love. But God, why are the pretty ones always so damn stupid? “Infinity on High” lacks the cheek that...
Getting to know Menomena can take time. The emerging Portland, Ore. trio’s name is playfully enigmatic, like an inside joke to which you’re not privy. A Muppets allusion, perhaps? The music doesn’t make the band??s intent much clearer. Their third release, “Friend and Foe,” opens with the richly layered “Muscle ’n Flo.” Its dynamic rhythm and slide guitar give way first to a shifting piano melody and then again to an organ surging...
Musico’s music direction—he doubles as the first keyboard in the band??is fantastic throughout the play. Brown and Musico have worked together before under somewhat darker circumstances in last spring’s Beckett compilation “A Few Rags of Love,” also in the Loeb Ex; their work on “Company” marks a more upbeat collaboration...