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When someone asks you if you like Brazilian Girls, they could be referring to the bikini sporting, Portuguese-speaking women of the large South American country, but it’s more likely that they are referring to the band that is raising the bar in “ultra-chill” music. Treading the thin line between innuendo and overt sexuality, the New York City band provides a 2 a.m. alternative to your usual slowjamz playlist...

Author: By Andrew Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD Review: The Brazilian Girls, "Talk to La Bomb" | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

...three discs’ tracks are arranged chronologically and were selected by Shorter, Zawinul, and Columbia/Legacy producer Bob Belden. The discs are remarkable not only for their breadth but also for their portrayal of a band constantly evolving over a 15-year period. The collection begins with looser sounding tracks, consisting mostly of an electronic-fusion background to an amazing Wayne Shorter on saxophone, while later tracks find a more evolved, fully fused sound that is only really fully realized with the inclusion of Pastorius on bass...

Author: By Kimberly E. Gittleson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD Review: Weather Report, “Forecast: Tomorrow” | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

...compilation ends after an exhausting 3.7 hours, by which time you will have been beaten over the head with the genius of the arrangements many times over. Despite their historical and technical brilliance, the band remains defined by its era. Weather Report ushered in a wholly original sound, mastered the genre in fifteen years, and left little else to be done—they came, they fused, they conquered...

Author: By Kimberly E. Gittleson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD Review: Weather Report, “Forecast: Tomorrow” | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

Unlike the usual “What’s your sign?” heard during traditional speed dating, “What instrument do you play?” was the integral question at last Saturday’s “Band Speed Dating” event, held in the Quincy Cage and organized by the Harvard College Alliance for Rock and Roll (HCARAR). Though the event was dubbed “speed dating,” instead of being armed with pick up lines and drenched in fragrance, students brought musical equipment of all kinds with...

Author: By Jessica X.Y. Rothenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rockers Hit the ‘Dating’ Scene | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

There’s a new Friday night concert scene in town. There’s no cover, and no stuffy, dimly lit rooms. It’s all on the FM dial.This week, Daniel Striped Tiger, a local rock band, will use Harvard Radio Broadcasting’s (WHRB) new studio equipment to inaugurate a new concert series.Record Hospital, the rock-music department of WHRB 95.3 FM, is adding an in-studio performance program to its repertoire. Every Friday, between 10 p.m. and midnight, artists from around the northeastern United States will perform live, on air, in the station?...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WHRB Concerts, Live on the FM Dial | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

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