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...sounds closer than ever to finding a comfortable voice through which to share his nightmares. Gone are the more challenging, Tom Waits-influenced bits of previous work, replaced now with a menagerie of mixing techniques that do more to connect the dots, sonically, than ever before; beneath the fuzz, the droning organ, and the nasal edge of his voice, are the same melodic variations that have rewarded patient, discerning listeners for eleven years. In what may come to be seen as a step from the darkness into the light, Linkous has, with a little help and a lot of time...
...exuded so much cool and produced so few melodies as Sonic Youth. It's not that these New Yorkers are incapable--they're just obstreperous, which makes the arrival of their first great rock album such a shock. They haven't rid themselves of their beloved guitar fuzz, but on songs like Reena and the sublime Jams Runs Free, the noise takes a backseat to focused songcraft and real, live hummable riffs. To top it off, Kim Gordon has emerged from her decade-long Nico-soundalike contest and is enunciating again. Calling it a career best would only make them...
...muse, but the band insists that they try to make the songs stand up on their own. That means fans needn’t be at all familiar with any galaxies far, far away. Those Jedi that can make out Dern’s lyrics beneath the muffled fuzz of their often-bootleg audio equipment, however, will appreciate the band’s witty homage to the stellar series. Playing at 4 p.m. on Saturday in Loker Commons will represent a whole new world for these Quincy Cage stalwarts, but, with their legion of faithful knights and outlandish stage antics...
...Italians fight back? Alessandro Calligaris has a blunt answer: "We have to win the loyalty of our customers." He is 60, with a fuzz of white hair and a reputation as the most successful businessman in the chair triangle. His company, the namesake Calligaris, was started by his grandfather in 1923 and is still growing. Revenues last year rose 12%, to $140 million. His first big insight, more than a decade ago, was to figure out that the future lay beyond chairs. The Calligaris furnishing collection, sold under the slogan "Italian Living," last year included sofas and beds...
...audience when they released their “Congotronics” album. It quickly became required listening for every DJ and music collector on the block. The resulting songs were built on the foundation of African polyrhythms, but have new sounds from the city streets: jagged guitar lines, ambient fuzz, and distorted vocals. This homemade Kinshasa sound stands at an acoustic crossroads between folk, noise, and electronica, and its records are attracting fans from all genres. In “Congotronics 2,” a compilation featuring seven Kinshasa-area bands, the music gains a wider scope, which promises...