Word: bandness
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...songs, most of which were Document-era, with political commentary astute for the ’80s but searing today. During the new track “Animal,” Stipe seemed almost confrontational, striding across the stage and staring straight into the eyes of the audience. The band backed him up with a booming backbeat that seemed to replicate the heartbeat of everyone staring up at Stipe...
...band opened with “Around the Sun,” from their new CD of the same title. While the album on the whole is a bit tired, in concert the title song sounded more immediate right off the bat—the guitars shimmered, Stipe’s voice grounded but not bored...
...band relieved the string of songs played for political sentiment and commentary with a few more songs from Around the Sun. With the strong presence of Mike Mills’s gorgeous, sweeping vocals on “Boy in the Well,” the song sounded powerful and sophisticated, and Buck’s melodic solo, which seemed routine on the CD, was a rousing climax in concert...
...Religion,” the crowd was singing every word, watching every move, and cheering every note. On the set closer “Life and How to Live It,” a true shoulda-been-a-hit from 1985’s Fables of the Reconstuction, the band went just a tad overboard, with the fiercely energetic boom of the guitars and drums drowning out Stipe and Mills’s murmuring vocals...
...jersey obviously drawing massive cheers from the Boston crowd. “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” kicked off the encore set, with the hyperactive Stipe leaping fitfully on the stage. He then removed the jersey to reveal a shirt reading VOTE, and the band dove into a somber, acoustic version of “Drive...