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...become old, the young Arctic Monkeys have, with “Favourite Worst Nightmare,” done it again. They’ve released another phenomenally listenable album of pounding guitars and even harder (read: more scathing) lyrics. Once again, lead singer and guitarist Alex Turner and the other Monkeys from Sheffield, England, give us a delicious taste of blue-collar anger. This time around, the guitars might be a little louder and the sound a bit fuller, but the disc stays true to the promise and spirit of the group’s debut. The album is structured...
...sport in the process. That night, I was invited by none other than the film’s director, Alexandra Lipsitz, to join the cast and crew for an “All-Star Air-Off.” Rocking steady with the world’s elite air guitarists to AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” served as my indoctrination to the world of air guitar and marked the beginning of my continuing love affair with every aspect of the sport. Starting tonight, fellow Harvard students and aspiring local...
...right on target. His once-alienated snarl now drips with charisma, accompanied by the kind of thunderous, propulsive drumming that bullies wallflowers into action. The entire endeavor seems to be on the verge of losing control even with Johnny Marr’s coolheaded guitar-playing; the veteran Smiths guitarist may have been around the block once or twice, but this is still very much Brock’s party. Even when inevitable future singles like “Florida” and “Fly Trapped in a Jar” settle into a groove, Brock keeps chomping...
...course, for the first hour and a half—until a late-arriving guitarist broke the silence—there were three musicians in the room, including me. Though the paltry turnout was disheartening, I hoped for better luck in the future...
...experimental instrumentals. And Luna was a long-running, immensely popular indie band, and rightly so. But Wareham’s experimental touch seems to have gone in the wrong direction on “Back Numbers.” The material is a far cry from what the masterful guitarist and lyricist is capable of, instead taking on the cotton candy feel of simple, light, lovey songs that fail to impress. Oddly enough, the newly-wedded couple rarely sings together on the album, but that doesn’t prevent their mushy sentiments from bastardizing what could have been...