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...down, daring you to listen again.The longer songs on the album, such as “Iris Unveiled” and “Halcyon Days” are symphonic in scale. “Iris Unveiled,” for example, starts with an upbeat, in-your-face crescendo into a catchy riff, accompanied by lyrics of literally Biblical magnitude: “I have made you in my likeness and I will make you a keeper of my Garden.” While carrying this on for a full song would have made a satisfyingly catchy pop track...

Author: By Susie Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...Drew Housman said. “And for that four- or five-minute stretch, we had great intensity, especially on the defensive end. It’s just that we weren’t able to sustain that burst. As Harvard’s explosion of energy hit its crescendo, Cornell, too, fell back on its star player. But that’s where the trend ceased to continue.The reigning Ivy League player of the year, junior guard Louis Dale, finally ended Harvard’s run with a quick layup. Dale then grabbed a defensive board and earned Cornell...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Crimson Can’t Make Up Deficit | 2/16/2009 | See Source »

...into more familiar territory and expands his sound in interesting ways. With his guitar growling like a bass and his intense voice snarling coarsely on top of it, Auerbach creates a smoky, back-alley vibe very much like that of a Tom Waits song. The album continues its slow crescendo, building up the intensity through the driving rhythm of “Heartbroken, In Disrepair,” the moodier, organ-driven “Real Desire,” and the raspy, Creedence Clearwater Revival-sounding “Mean Monsoon,” before hitting the album?...

Author: By Sasha F. Klein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dan Auerbach | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Palestinian casualties rise - by Sunday over 860 had died in the fighting compared to 13 Israelis - worldwide cries for a ceasefire are reaching a crescendo. But in Israel, nearly everyone supports the war, in large part because every Israeli knows someone who has been called up to fight, or someone who lives within range of Hamas' rockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Fake Arab Town, Israeli Lawyers and Actors Prep for Real War | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...Then a rousing call to action (crescendo ... starts ... now ...) "All right!" - Gene Hackman in Hoosiers

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forty Inspirational Speeches in Two Minutes | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

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