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...single “Ocean Avenue.” With their infectious pop hooks, pint-size bleached-blond frontman, and kooky rock violinist (isn’t that just so original?), the song and the band became bona fide emo gods to legions of equally pint-sized girls. The band??s new video, “Rough Landing, Holly,” is kind of like the “Ocean Avenue” video—but on crack. Director Marc Webb intended for a lot to be going on at once…but it?...
...record is by no means poor—half the tracks are quite good, and four are genuinely impressive. It’s just that they follow, and do not live up to, the raw sexual energy and dark romanticism of the band??s impressive debut...
...Cheated Hearts,” with gorgeous chord turns that evokes the group’s biggest hit, “Maps,” is actually an old song that the band have been playing live for at least two years, clear evidence that the band??s writing talents have diminished...
...unfamiliar bands. After the opener came the headliner: Starhick. They performed a set of excellent alt-country. ‘Twas laid back, mellow, yet rocking, and it went well with my Bass ale and mildly shouted conversations. The stage was a tad too small for a four-piece band??Starhick’s rotund bassist had to stand on the floor a couple feet below his bandmates. We left before they finished their set, but I’m fairly confident that it continued to be sweet. Also, we ran into the “boatmaster?...
...songs, Editors maintain the same calculated, tight sound throughout. Alas, like Interpol, Editors suffer from mediocre and repetitively bleak lyrics. Because their vocal range and guitar style is already rather limited, lyrical diversity could have provided Editors with much-needed variety, but instead the tedious lyrics only compound the band??s repetitive sound. On the first track, “Lights,” Smith announces, “I’ve got a million things to say.” If only it were true. That much of “The Back Room?...