Word: bandness
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...going to black out, but the audience is instead treated to a moment of over-indulgent symbolism as the camera zooms in to the garage door to show each scientist boxed into his own window. It seems is if the director wants to tell us that the happy band of science geeks are doomed from the start, but, one hopes, his terrible process of doing so will doom his own filmmaking career...
Unfortunately, Around the Sun fails to explore any new terrain for the band. Songs like “Make it Okay” and “Aftermath” recycle past R.E.M guitar lines, and Michael Stipe’s vocals sound disinterested and rangeless. “The Worst Joke Ever” might have been a fine song on Out of Time, but by this point in R.E.M.’s career, playing these same mildly-pleasant melodies is nothing short of redundant. The single “Leaving New York” paints a sepulchral...
...inability to refrain from the certain clichés that once made R.E.M who they were. Even attempts at originality are completely based in contrivance, such as Q-Tip’s appearance for the motivational portion of track three—and the consequence is another band discovering that radical reinvention might be their only salvation...
...self-esteem of female footstools and ‘nice guys who think they should be getting more play’ everywhere by reminding them that looks and money, not just their personality, are to blame. It is rumored to be the homepage for the Yale Marching Band, all the members of Hanson and the head TF of Positive Psych.” Booyah for confessions...
Those who are still grooving to Dad’s turntable, take note. Just steps from the Yard, a ragtag band of independent record stores serves the most musically sophisticated—or technologically outdated—Cantabrigians. Specializing in new and used CDs and vinyls at discount prices, these stores carry everything from early 1930s Jazz to the latest in underground techno. And though Newbury Comics maintains a carefully constructed bohemian vibe, the real deal can only be found in the endangered species of Mom-and-Pop record shops. So throw on your vintage rock concert...