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Turner played his hollow-bodied bass guitar with such fervour it was hard to tell whether the booming, overblown sound was the result of a fuzz pedal or simply a guitar pushed to its limits, until it became all but indistinguishable from the thump of the bass drum. Hayes wiggled his hips in the prescribed provocative fashion, creating roiling layers of guitar haze in truly elegant style. The band wasn’t big on audience interaction, but from the heads bobbing in the audience, they didn’t need to be. Though technically opening for British art-rockers...
...Stone Cutters, these four guys and two girls tried even harder than their adversaries to excite the audience about their original set, while punctuating it with hits like “Wouldn’t It be Nice?” by George Michael. Their sound had a solid drum beat and was upbeat and poppy and their lyrics easy to sing along with, but they had a tough act to follow, and overall, their vocals and instrumentals were not as strong as those of The Stone Cutters...
...Trying to Break Your Heart,” which opens the album, is perhaps the most gorgeous song Jeff Tweedy has ever written. Built upon a lush, jagged drum beat, the song mines Tweedy’s favorite theme—twisted, bitter love. He is one of the premier lyricists working in rock music today; few songwriters take as much joy in manipulating words. “I am an American aquarium drinker/ I assassin down the avenue/ I’m hiding out in the big city blinking/ What was I thinking when...
...speed bumps on Mass. Ave. and Mt. Auburn,” Chopra said, who also serves as the chair of the council’s Student Affairs Committee. “The optimal situation would be of the Sheraton Commander—there’s a big drum in the middle of the road asking [drivers] to yield to pedestrians...
...Legend tells of a great a cappella king who long ago held court in this common room. On quiet nights you can still hear the bone-chilling echoes of cheesy guys making dorky pretend drum noises with their nerd-mouths...