Word: darkness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fresh use of light and the contrast between dark and light, outside and in was the contribution of Summer Bartholomew '99 nod to the theme of the exhibition. The work of a creatively astute eye, her enigmatic photographs capture loss through the visual language of decaying architecture, barns and outsides of buildings...
...their youth-tinny drum hooks after the "People are People" chorus, a lot of pleasant moaning, pipey synth pushing throughout. By the second half of 81>85, DM starts timing its airy crescendoes very well and on tracks like "Blasphemous Rumours" and "Shake the Disease" you can feel the dark matter of the eighties, even if you can't dance to it. Depeche Mode is a band for the chest, not the wrists. Listen to The Singles 81>85 and then play Songs of Faith and Devotion Live...you will drive a shiny black cadillac into heady manliness. Contrasted with...
...Many of your love songs are complex and fairly dark. Was that an intentional theme...
Sami: Especially if you think about our hometown. It's a very dark, industrial town. Nothing really happens...
...Cardigans and Kent-two of Sweden's most popular bands--played the Roxy on Saturday night, drawing an enthusiastic crowd in spite of an impending snowstorm. Each band was touring to promote its new album: The Cardigans' dark, complicated Gran Turismo was released earlier this fall, as was the American distribution of Kent's Isola. Taking advantage of their wider stateside popularity, The Cardigans headlined the show, leaving the lesser-known Kent to play a short opening set. But popularity was not the best predictor of performance. Kent's brilliant, lacerating set was a tough act to follow...