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...Glastonbury has always tried to stay away from silly mainstream garbage ... no Led Zep and a rubbish headliner instead, this is a double blow." But most posts on this and other forums have been positive, one describing it as "History in the making, Jay-Z will bring a fresh flavour." Noel Gallagher of the Manchester rock-band Oasis, always good for a comment, stirred things further when he opined to BBC News, "If it ain't broke don't fix it...I'm sorry, but Jay-Z? No chance. Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music. I'm not having...
Blake Jennelle ’04, a Crimson editor, is a social studies concentrator in Adams House. His decision to spend the summer abroad had only a little to do with his distaste for Bush. He returns to the States with a flavour for the finer aspects of British life, including the wisdom that an extra vowel never hurt anyone...
...song is most impressive for its dynamics: Costello dryly lights into the unnamed woman over the nudge of the bass and the soft support of the drums. Halfway into the song however, everything explodes—cymbals crash as Costello screams, “But the flavour is tart, and the flavour is tart...
Nikka Costa, third up, came across as an out-of-place flavour of the month sandwiched between seasoned performers. Not that both she and her band don’t ooze talent, but she seemed unsure where to go with her wrecking-ball of a voice after hitting top gear halfway through her second song. The band rushed around between instruments, but the effect was gimmicky, and the breakneck shifts from R&B to thrashing rock chords were more disorienting than exhilarating...
...boys from Britain are back with Black Market Music. Although it doesn’t immediately grab the listener with the catchy rock tunes of their 1998 release, Without You I’m Nothing, Black Market Music is much more musically complex. The album has a definite alternative flavour, with heavier use of guitars with little respite. However, the band does experiment considerably, deviating from their previous songs with female-backing vocals, and even one hip-hop track. The major innovation, though, is a transfer of emphasis from the melody to the music, with many songs consisting...