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...used to spend our summers selling our demo tapes out of our guitar cases in front of the Coop,” he says...
Since their formation, the group has released four major studio albums, leading up to 2003’s Keep It Together. The first three albums have been described as “acoustic pop,” with Gardner and Miller on guitar and Rosenworcel on a variety of hand drums, mainly bongos and congas...
...assertion of identity. The Strokes look like bohemians, but they're actually formalists; their form is the three-minute, verse-chorus-verse rock song, and once again they offer up 11 of the best you will hear this year. The band toys with some clever rhythm changes and guitar effects, and the lyrics tend to be more about failed relationships than casual hook-ups, but the boys are not exactly reinventing the medium. Why bother when you have more or less perfected...
...more than the sum of their stolen parts because the group is so tight. Moretti is a much more confident drummer this time out, while bassist Nikolai Fraiture thumps along with surprising soul, and Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr. form one of the most complementary guitar duos in rock. Best of all, no one hogs the spotlight. Each player has the skills to stand out, but mostly you come away remembering the group's seamlessness...
...acts that managed to avoid embarrassment was the guitar duo of Michael Ramos ’04-’05 and Dan Tinkoff ’04. Recruited from the Harvard Jazz Band and told to put something together, they decided they needed to go with a standard for the parent crowd. Their hackneyed choice was Gershwin’s “I’ve Got Rhythm,” but against all expectations, they did a splendid job with it. They were just two guys onstage making great music and having a great time...