Word: bandness
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...British band turns 30, reunites...
...should be--extravagant, chock-full of more hits than the game and with a fully functioning, Miami-hued wardrobe. Under a hard rain rendered, yes, purple by stage lights, the 48-year-old rock star unloosed a medley of his own songs and covers. Then, just after the marching band came on and everyone began to marvel that the miniature maestro of Minneapolis could be so family friendly, he and his glyph-shaped guitar cast a suggestive silhouette onto a giant billowing sheet. It was after all, Prince. If you want subtle, watch golf...
...home, and prepare for the real Bloc Party. Nearly two years after their debut album “Silent Alarm,” Bloc Party released their sophomore effort Tuesday to the waiting arms of their ever-growing fan base of indie lovers and adventurous, dabbling mainstreamers. The band worked on the album with Garret “Jacknife” Lee, who has produced albums by Kasabian, Snow Patrol, and U2. The resulting LP, “A Weekend In The City,” will not likely disappoint, as it builds upon the success of their first album...
...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 helped the band distinguish itself from its pop peers on 2005’s “From Under the Cork Tree.” The track titles alone show the distinction: instead of “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More ‘Touch...
...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 beneath. The album’s disparate songs reveal a scattered but captivating personality. Band members Brent Knopf, Justin Harris, and Danny Seim are each multitalented musicians, and their experimental arrangements range from saxophones and glockenspiels to Knopf’s own digital looping machine. The chorus of “Evil Bee” emulates “The Argument”-era Fugazi...