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There’s a certain undeniable Britishness to recent UK exports Clearlake that the band seems to acknowledge they can’t shake. “Even at home, we’re told that our sound is like that,” bassist Woody Woodward sighs: “British...
...broken band, from a broken land,” announces Jason Stollsteimer, the singer with a broken face. As ubiquitous as Stollsteimer’s battered image became following his thrashing at the hands of former mentor Jack White, the stars on this album are bassist Carrie Smith and drummer Don Blum. Their powerful playing breathes new urgency into a blues-rock formula that’s already starting to grow stale on the edges...
...These Years” as a perplexed and perplexing song that marvels at itself even as it brushes with indecision. The trio’s take of Radiohead’s “Everything In Its Right Place” is much more of a group piece, allowing bassist Larry Grenadier to shine on the insistent bassline that underpins the obsessive-compulsive song, which ranks a close second to Mehldau’s earlier interpretation of “Paranoid Android...
...Mountain Goats emerge onstage, clad in jeans and button-down shirts, worlds away from the NYC rock-chic that is keeping a hold on the current indie audience. Bassist Peter Hughes seems to understand that this is Darnielle’s gig: his bass complements Darnielle’s ferocious guitar strumming without ever overpowering...
Franz Ferdinand combine intelligent innovation with instant accessibility in a way few bands can. For this they owe a good deal to their buoyant rhythm section, comprising bassist Bob Hardy and drummer Paul Thomson, and their stated aim to “make records that girls can dance to, and to cut through postured crap.” Franz Ferdinand leaves the lasting impression of a band with more good ideas and enthusiasm than it knows what to do with...