Word: bassists
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...neatly resolved--tale of a boxer. Empty Shell, a title that once might have been descriptive of her style, has a jaunty, optimistic streak. And it doesn't hurt that the album is full of great playing from River City legends Teenie and Leroy Hodges, the guitarist and bassist on Al Green's early albums...
...heard of them first” indie rock: you heard it here first. The video for their best song, “Very Loud,” fits just about perfectly. It’s mostly some bewildered traipsing about in the woods, but thankfully directors Ted (the bassist) and Tom (a bassist in another Swedish band) Malmros avoid the high-brow, high-budget traipsing of Coldplay’s nerdy video for “The Scientist.” No sir, it’s just good, clean (cheap) fun for THIS European pop-rock getup...
...before leading a raucous crowd through a lengthy chant of “Nothing/nothing/nothing” culminating with the cathartic release of “Nothing at all.” Another crowd sing-along on “Shot in the Arm” kicks Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt into vocal overdrive as they shout: “Maybe all I need is a shot in the arm/Maybe all I need is a shot in the arm/Something in my veins/Bloodier than blood.” This blood courses through the end of “Via Chicago...
...This is not one of them. At first, The Runners Four is close to incomprehensible. Songs stop as soon as a hook seems to form; rhythms shift and cut like they're running for their lives. It's art rock, as evidenced by the affectless pronunciation of singer and bassist Satomi Matsuzaki, but when the mystery lifts and the melodies finally stick--and they do--the album has the undeniable power of complete originality...
...Tanglewood” isn’t solely a showcase for Berman’s dexterous lyricism: the Jews are a dynamic and cohesive musical unit. The band began as a collaboration between Berman and Pavement mastermind Stephen Malkmus, but this lineup includes such luminaries as bassist Paz Lenchantin (of Zwan and A Perfect Circle fame) and singer-songwriter Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie “Prince” Billy). This motley crew is so fluent in the idiom of country music one would never suspect that they are only two steps removed from the alt-metal stylings of Tool...