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Have you known them long? I met Patty through this album. I love her music so much and have been a fan for many years. I even traveled to Austin, where she lives, to write with her. And Amanda Palmer I've been friends with for years. We've been on tour together a few times, so she's sort of an obvious choice...
From there, Welcome to Mali becomes a more standard Amadou and Mariam affair, which is to say it's a joyous, hook-filled guitar album with impressive range. Amadou grew up as the biggest Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple fan in Bamako, and while he knows how to mimic the sounds of a kora and slip into high-stepping township jive, he's most at home using African styles to flavor rock melodies. "Ce N'Est Pas Bon" is stomping garage rock, while "Bozos" could be a particularly happy Neil Young song. Everything has a familiar pop structure, but there...
...went to the dress rehearsal yesterday, and I was blown away by how hard everyone worked. I couldn’t pick out just one or two acts. We have very graceful, soft pieces, and we have Korean hip-hop, with the song Purpleline, as well as an imperial fan dance. THC: Which performance in this year’s show do you think exemplifies the mission of AADT the best? JH: The mission of AADT is to have fun. It doesn’t matter if you have or have not danced before. It’s really about...
...tougher. The Stein clubs are, in a word, WEAK. And Lev really lacks those iconic rooms that drive a healthy party scene (those of you who are of party grant age, do you ever remember a Lev party really turning it out?). FlyBy does happen to be the #1 fan of LevSPN though...
...While there are no clear standout singles, tracks like “Listen to Your Friends” and “Don’t Let Her Pull You Down” sound like they could find some mainstream success in addition to pleasing the legions of NFG fans who still cry out for albums full of endemically inane subjects and lyrics. The single best track of the album is “Truck Stop Blues,” which espouses a more minimalist approach, foregoing the occasionally heavy-handed instrumentality of the other tracks to highlight lead singer...