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...tone--relaxed but urgent, lazy but occasionally frenetic--that persists through 12 songs. The first of those, the endearing "Slide," breaks into a slightly askew half-speed aquatic-guitar trip with a catchy chorus and lyrics of subtle wit. "You can never give/ The finger to the blind," singer-guitarist Dean Wareham sings after an opening guitar solo, "Sometimes I act so stupid/ But you never seem to mind...
...Deal, the Breeders' lead vocalist and guitarist, graces the album with her hardedged doll voice and infectious lyrics. Deal (also the bassist for the Pixies) sings with her twin sister Kelly and Josephine Wiggs, the Breeder's basist. The disc is a slim but promising follow-up to last year's remarkable...
Towards the end of their set, Brennan joined them on stage to play "Circuits." The former guitarist, who received his doctorate at Harvard and now teaches classics at Bryn Mawr, looked scholarly but showed he hasn't lost his edge. They ended their set with a raucous rendition of "Dead Wrong," with audience members shouting the chorus. Spraying the audience with champagne during an encore, the bandmembers walked off the stage and into the (post-punk) history books...
...them mass success given the current rage for various former labelmates. Regardless, they gave the audience 15 minutes of pleasure. On the down side of things, Meltdown featured absurd, pretentious vocals and silly heavy-metal lead guitar. And the Vancouver duo Mecca Normal's set was too long. The guitarist did evoke some interesting sounds from his guitar with his rapid, jerky arm movements, but his partner did not add much with her less accomplished guitar playing and vocal style. All in all, a tad self-indulgent...
INXS's return to their earlier stripped-down sound seems an appropriate accompaniment to the less-than-profound romanticism of Hutchence and his Lyrical partner, keyboardist and guitarist Andrew Farriss...