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...strength. But all it takes is a couple of atavistic turns of phrase to remind everyone that petty prejudices live on - and that politicians and the press are still willing to exploit them. After Schröder nixed Italy, Bild stoked the fires by staging a topless "beach demo" in front of the Italian embassy in Berlin, with a front-page picture of four topless girls as evidence that Germans are "pretty, sexy and charming." No insults there, then. The kerfuffle leaves Schröder trying to make the best of what sounds like a summer booby prize: two weeks...
...that sound. This is how the songs came naturally, there was no master plan." No wonder So Much for the City has the sunny, chiming sound of lucky breaks and happy coincidences. Like the time last year when, after three years of being ignored by record companies, the Thrills' demo tape suddenly sparked a bidding frenzy that led them to Virgin Records. Or the time that same demo landed in the lap of Mancunian gloom-rocker Morrissey, who invited them to play their first London show - opening for him at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall last September. Although Deasy insists...
...guitar over samples of synthesized voices and haunting noises punctuated by the growls of Otong. The 30-year-old, with dreads down to his waist, personifies the band's DIY ethos, a trait that has earned it a fanatical cult following and critical acclaim. After two albums and a demo in 10 years, the band has emerged as the standard-bearer of Indonesia's fledgling alternative-rock scene...
...Cry” by Prince for the Freshman Talent Show and I didn’t think it would continue, but then we decided we wanted to be a band and started writing music. And by the time we had ten songs we went to Vermont to record a demo. It’s fun because we’ve gotten to the point now where we can go in a different direction with our music. Now writing is much more of a group effort. It’s really collaborative and they’re legitimately some...
...demo is also, surprisingly, of extraordinary quality for something recorded in a living room and “remastered” in a dorm. The songs themselves veer wildly from style to style and, all in all, are a fun and eclectic listen. Tunes like “Black Body Radiator of Death” and “Disorderly Conduct” evoke images of a more technically proficient Glassjaw or Rocket From the Crypt, while “Junkie Blooze” is a tongue-in-cheek blues that features a searing guitar solo by Carter?...