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...with a confidence that tames the complicated electronic melody.Santogold returns later on the track “Whatchadoin?” with close friend M.I.A., as well as rapper Spank Rock and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner. Telephone dial tones, the chanting voice of M.I.A. and a tribal drum beat transform Zinner’s guitar into an infectious rhythm. Spank Rock’s frenetic rhymes provide the verses to round out a solidly danceable hit. The clear cohesion between the various guest acts and the production of N.A.S.A., which works so well on “Gifted?...
...came out in 2006, it filled a gap in underground music. Loud enough to satisfy My Bloody Valentine fanatics but pretty enough to entice indie pop listeners, the album acquired a large and diverse audience. The band soon developed a reputation for intense live performances fueled by pounding drums and passionate vocals, but listening to their new release, “Hush,” one would find this hard to believe. Leaving rock sensibilities behind in favor of meandering pop musings, Asobi Seksu has transformed into a far less exciting band. Yuki Chikudate, the female lead vocalist, is known...
...forceful vocal performance, what really stands out is the songwriting. At first listen, “Never Had Nobody Like You” sounds like a simple upbeat pop ditty. With closer attention, however, the incorporation of disparate musical styles emerges. The instances are subtle: the bluesy snare drum break that gives momentum to the transition from chorus to verse, the folksy vocal melismas that make the chorus downright infectious, and the blissful, gospel-esque vocal solo that delivers the song to its outro. M. Ward’s excellent and intuitive songwriting is the glue that holds these various...
...their support and that, in so far as anyone would receive credit for its perceived success, it would be Democrats. As the party out of power, the Republicans are relegated to arguing that, whatever our economic circumstances will be in the future, the glass is half-empty. Why not drum it into everyone’s head from the get-go that the reason the glass is half-empty is that the Democrats only want to spend money on things like the National Endowment for the Arts and upgrades to the National Mall...
...packety, pretty old houses lined up one beside the other, each one a different color, with curlicues and flowers, and, man, streets just full of people. White people, black people, mixed-race people, all jumbled up together and walking. Music right on the sidewalk...a whole band and drum set and everything, like the whole city is a big party. I'm looking out the window, eyes big as saucers - eight years old - and I'm thinking, this is a whole different way to be a Negro; I'm thinking, this is where Daddy gets his groove." (See the special...