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DIED. Peggy Gilbert, 102, pioneering jazz saxophonist and bandleader of the 1920s, '30s and '40s who led her most recent band, the Dixie Belles, until she was in her 90s; in Burbank, Calif. As a jazz-obsessed high school student, she ignored her teachers' insistence that girls should stick to the violin and piano and took sax lessons from a local musician. Gilbert upped her national profile in 1937, when her all-girl band opened the Second Hollywood Swing Concert at Los Angeles' storied Palomar Ballroom, sharing billing with fellow bandleaders Benny Goodman and Louis Prima. A year later...
...just too bad that the disc ends on a more mainstream note. As enjoyable as “Dancers in the Dust” is, it rises up like Shrek at movie’s end: triumphant, bursting with light, but never really changed. Calla’s a band that sounds like Snow Patrol after being mauled by Minus the Bear. Their Dinosaur Rock may occasionally feel tried and archaic, but at least it’s a different beast...
Maxïmo Park are a study in modern musical identity crisis. Critics adored the Newcastle, England quintet’s 2005 debut, but there was confusion: was this new wave or post pop? Was Maxïmo closer to Franzia or the Futureheads? The band posed aggressively in publicity photos but oozed modesty in interviews. Ultimately, their pop punk fell between the established polarities for an acceptable post-millennium 80s throwback British band. Now they’re back, and the video for “Our Velocity,” the single from upcoming...
...boys a reputation as innovative video auteurs. The music video for their newest single, “Do What You Want,” is more of the same in many ways, and a great departure in others. It goes without saying that the antics that made the band famous remain a constant. Greater exposure—and the increased budget that have surely accompanied such fame—has forced a marked departure from the do-it-yourself ethos of OK Go’s former videos. The clip is overly reliant on the rather uninteresting idea of dressing...
...mention a grand parting of ways—The Ataris have finally re-emerged with “Welcome the Night,” their sixth studio release. However, this phoenix lacks the fire to make it the glorious rebirth the pop-punk-cum-alternative band had planned for its first album since 2003. Despite a strong effort by the recently resuscitated group (lead singer Kristopher Roe is the only original member remaining), you may be left wondering what’s become of The Ataris’ catchy, youthful sound. With this album, the band that left high school...