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Dramatically, the show feels a little padded (shorter stays and another stop on this tour might have helped), but musically, it's original and extraordinarily winning. Stew, a bald, bespectacled guitarist who leads the band and narrates, is a professorial presence onstage whose flat, prosy singing voice gives an ironic grounding to the lyrical, gently rocking melodies. He's a model of a new kind of stage composer, one neither steeped in Broadway tradition nor reacting overtly against it. "Without casting any aspersions," says Stew, "I don't think most of the so-called rock onstage sounds like anything...
...recordings from “Distortion” sound cluttered and muddy. The band’s earlier material, however, features digital and analogue synthesizers in many of the lead parts. In the absence of electronics, the cello and guitar were left to fill these voids. John Woo, the guitarist, adapted particularly well, using various picking techniques and a glass slide to approximate the synth lines of earlier Magnetic Fields albums. The cello was coated in crisp, low-frequency reverb that took full advantage of Somerville Theater’s excellent acoustics. Bass notes seemingly resonated forever, and higher parts...
...band's style has been carefully crafted since its formation at the Jakarta Institute for the Arts in the summer of 2002, when Apsari, her guitarist boyfriend Yusmario Farabi and guitarist Saleh came together. They later recruited cellist Ricky Surya Virgana and pianist Aprimela Prawidyanti Virgana, a married couple playing in local orchestras and teaching music. Percussionist and vibraphone player John Navid completed the lineup...
...believe people would come from 50 countries for that.' JIMMY PAGE, Led Zeppelin guitarist, on the frenzy to attend the band's first full concert in 27 years
JIMMY PAGE, Led Zeppelin guitarist, on the frenzyto attend the band's first full concert in 27 years...