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Congotronics 2 Various Artists Legend places the start of the Congolese “tradi-modern” scene with the exodus of rural musicians to Kinshasa, the bustling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. To be heard above the urban roar, the story goes, bands had to create homemade amplification systems for their drums and “likembé” thumb pianos. They made microphones from old car parts, new electric guitars from cast-offs, and junk percussion from whatever they could find to keep the beat—hubcaps, tin cans, glass bottles. Last...
Damon H. Krukowski ’85 teaches Expository Writing. To people outside of his sections, however, he may be better known as the former drummer for Galaxie 500, the late-eighties indie band that pioneered the dreamy “slowcore” sound. Doubtful freshmen in need of concrete proof need look no further than the archived records at Harvard’s radio station in the basement of Pennypacker. On the cover of “Today,” the band’s second full-length, someone has scrawled...
...Rubies,” Bejar reunites the principal members of the band with whom he recorded 2002’s “This Night.” The reunion seems like a calculated response to the lukewarm reception fans gave to the stripped-down, piano-driven production on Destroyer’s most recent album, 2004’s “Your Blues...
...good as Bejar’s band is, his lyrics are still the centerpiece of the Destroyer experience. Bejar’s lyrics are utterly cryptic, wildly allusive, and frequently nonsensical...
This Brooklyn band released its debut without money--or tinkering--from a record label, and you can hear the absence of both. From Alec Ounsworth's thin, David Byrne-like vocals to the miles of ether between the pop hooks, the album is not exactly market friendly, but abstraction has its rewards. They include the floating ecstasy of the break-up song Over and Over Again (Lost and Found) ("Now where's the woolen sweater/ You mentioned in the letter?/ Imply/ The other guy") and the partial fingerprints of Joy Division and R.E.M. on Upon This Tidal Wave of Young...