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...album, “Ganging Up on the Sun,” which features the single “Satellite.” Having vacillated between the mellow late-’90s rock of Third Eye Blind and Dashboard Confessional and the New England pseudo-funk of college jam bands such as Dispatch and O.A.R., Guster claim to present a more definitive sound with their latest offering, despite the admittedly unoriginal title of “Satellite.”“Elliott Smith has a ‘Satellite,’” says Rosenworcel...
...stealing his idea for a green screen video challenge. Portland, OR’s own (holla!) fired back with a counter-challenge; not to be outdone, Colbert quickly responded with a counter-counter-challenge. Winner: Draw—for now. The score should be settled when Decemberist Chris Funk takes on Colbert in a guitar solo competition on the Report this December 20th. 5. Bloc Party fans vs. Panic! at the Disco When Kele and co. agreed to open for and play second banana to Panic! during an extended tour, hipsters everywhere freaked out, realizing they’d have...
THUD, The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers, brought in the noise, but lost the funk during their fall semester concert on Dec. 8 at Lowell Lecture Hall. Their performance, “THUD! A Journey (On a College Budget),” started with a bang, literally, and moved into a revue of a number of songs, all performed using percussion instruments and the members’ bodies. The musical acts were loosely linked together by a narrative about the group that was humorous only because of how unrealistic it was.There were several memorable pieces that greatly enhanced the show. The first...
...Juli H. A. Min ’09, were responsible for coordinating the event and finding participants.Today’s lineup features three Harvard bands, democratically elected via a vote on the Web. They represent a diversity of genres from Min’s own recently-formed funk-jam band After Hours, to Star Wars tribute-band So Long Princess (who I, sadly, missed), and the self-declared “hyper-literate indie pop” of the Sinister Turns.Yale’s representatives were chosen largely at random, based on groups Min and Hufstedler were able...
DIED. Robert Lockwood, 91, giant of Mississippi blues who, after learning guitar at age 11 from blues pioneer Robert Johnson, fused raw Delta chords, electric blues and urban funk; in Cleveland, Ohio. Teaming up in the 1940s with harmonica ace Sonny Boy Williamson, he made Arkansas radio's King Biscuit Time the most influential broadcast...