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...stopped trying to think of worthwhile lyrics a long time ago. I’m not saying the guy is a total waste—“No Such Thing” at least had some nifty chord changes in it, and he legitimately can rock a lead guitar if he needs to—but no one, not even Ray Charles, should be able to win “Song of the Year” for a song about being good to your daughters so they don’t screw over their passive-aggressive singer-songwriter boyfriends...
...beat out: Björk’s Medulla, Modest Mouse’s Good News for People Who Like Bad News, PJ Harvey’s Uh Huh Her, and Franz Ferdinand’s eponymous release. A Ghost Is Born is just tired Americana and distorted guitar. Franz Ferdinand’s album barnstormed first into intense critical approval, universally, and then into national ubiquity on the strength of “Take Me Out,” which lost to “Vertigo” by U2 for “Best Rock Performance...
...before next month’s full length Guero) is singularly devoted to the noise of obsolescent gaming technology. The rainbow electronics and 8-bit rhythms back Mr. Hansen’s characteristic non-sequiturs, just like the chaotic but impeccably-produced sounds of his past ventures into noisy, guitar-driven rock (Odelay) and funk-rooted, accessible but left-field jams (Midnite Vultures...
...Helter Skelter,” The Sex Pistols’s “Anarchy in the U.K,” and The Rolling Stones’s “Street-Fighting Man” show little creativity or distinction from their obvious idols, other than gratuitous electric guitar solos...
...Hawks self-titled LP begs the question: How do two-piece bands from Providence rock so hard? Is it something in the water, or do they make the vegan food extra good there? Joining the Body and the recently disbanded Anton Bordman in terms of two-man domination, Art (guitar) and Gus (drums, double bass) of Tiny Hawks tear it up with their new record, which delivers the kind of passionate hardcore that only a basement and a photocopied lyrics sheet can make complete...