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...COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER From the opening chords -- played in glorious, fuzzy mono--of Franz Ferdinand's much hyped follow-up, it is clear this band has a surplus of confidence. The guitars are faster and louder, and the lyrics just as whip-smart as on its debut. You know the band is getting better because the love songs (Walk Away, Eleanor Put Your Boots On) have the courage to be pretty, while the snarling punk-disco romps (Well That Was Easy, I'm Your Villain) codify the lads' idea of losers (the dull, prudish and unstylish...
...BEDROOM TO STARDOMThe Go! Team began as the solo project of guitarist Ian Parton, who stitched together a collage of pop, hip-hop, and Sesame Street samples on vintage equipment in his bedroom in Brighton, England. Parton brought in a few local musicians to supplement his playing on his debut 2002 EP, released on the tiny Pickled Egg Records, and for the 2004 album “Thunder, Lighting, Strike!” released on the small-scale label Memphis Industries. In a hurried three weeks, “Thunder, Lighting, Strike!” transformed from a whiz-kid?...
Friday, Nov. 4Aberdeen City CD Release Party. The local mood-rock band is performing at TT The Bear’s Place to herald the release of their debut CD, The Freezing Atlantic, featuring the radio single “God is Going to Get Sick of Me.” Why Twist the Hair opens at 9:15 p.m. with The Plain Janes and the Bon Savants playing at 10:15 and 11:15. T.T. The Bear’s Place. 12:15 a.m. Tickets available through Ticketmaster or at the door, $9. (DFH)Babaloo. Babaloo is releasing their...
Forming in the late ’90s, the fearsome twosome garnered considerable praise and recognition with their 2001 debut album, “Ride the Skies,” and have been rumbling along ever since, crushing anything in their...
...from watching.”As if the tournament itself were not anticipated enough, the arrival of additional events brings historical significance.Before this year, the U.S. Open Tournament was exclusively a men’s event. Women’s and juniors’ events, however, will debut at the U.S. Open level this year. “This is the first time at the U.S. Open that you’ll have women and juniors and men all playing at the same time,” Bajwa said. “The Harvard facility is able to cater...