Word: distinctiveness
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...usual, each song’s backbone is a distinct and catchy guitar lick. Sometimes these guitar melodies are comparable to the coarse, raspy, and low-pitched riffs played by the Black Keys; “Pilgrim,” “Phoenix,” and “White Feather”—the album’s slower, sparser moments—are prime examples of this. “Pilgrim” starts with an upbeat, swing-feel guitar riff that is soon joined by percussion. “She?...
...nocturnes,” “which, in painting, for example, would be a study in grey.” Debussy’s vision of grey is not flat or dull; instead, it is a tone that remains mysterious, though it partially reveals itself in beautiful and distinct flashes. In the same manner, this delicate nuance of a singular emotional mode underlies Kazuo Ishiguro’s first collection of stories, itself entitled “Nocturnes.” But in lieu of Debussy’s tonal complexity or depth, Ishiguro’s collection merely...
Jess looked at me and shrugged. She was wearing a sequined jacket, and as she moved the light from street lamps sort of bounced off her shoulders. We were standing in that alley between Border Cafe and LF, the one that separates the Coop into two distinct countries—books, Harvard merchandise...
There’s a distinct chill in the air and we Harvard students know this can only mean one thing: the dreaded Boston winter is on the way. At Eastern Mountain Sports, you can pick up North Faces, sweatshirts, and sweatpants galore, not to mention a Sigg water bottle to fit in with the “Green ‘13” movement sweeping campus—all for a hefty 15% discount with a college ID. Stop by and gear up for the winter months...
...years or an intentional repudiation of the conventional notion of the album as a self-contained work of art. It is difficult to resist the comparison to Malkmus, whose albums both alone and with the Jicks have been notable for their internal consistency. Every Pavement album had a distinct character too, from the sunny melodicism of “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain” to the deliberate inscrutability of “Wowee Zowee” and the bittersweet elegy that was “Terror Twilight.” Kannberg, by stark contrast, has put out a debut...