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From there, guests climb into a minivan and embark on a cultural treasure hunt across the Cape Flats, stopping at the homes of various musicians - among them guitarist Pokie Klaas. Sitting on an old crate in a bare room with a cement floor, Klaas riffs gently on his guitar and talks about the music school he is setting up for local kids in his backyard...
...Belong To Anyone” couches Oldham’s tender broodings in pleasant country cadences, coasting to a smooth-edged finish. And in “There Is Something I Have to Say,” Oldham updates the raw José González-style singer-guitar combo with a wash of icy background ambience and a minimalist layering of his own voice for a haunting, lovely effect...
...probably about as well as that douche you hated who slept with your girlfriend. Lil’ Wayne fearlessly flouts convention by playing only chords and notes that spare him the inconvenience of hand movement, most apparent on his bold three-note solo. But on the bright side, the guitar on “Prom Queen” is simple enough that it can be learned by watching the video. Lil’ Wayne and Dave Meyers, who co-directed “Prom Queen,” were probably aware that Lil’ Wayne’s guitar...
...dead-on depictions of idle frustration that Williams makes more thoughtful musical choices. “So Bored” uses some well-placed high whines and a catchy beat to call to mind a culturally starved American teenage boy fighting off total lethargy with his guitar. Along the same lines, the peppy persistence of “No Hope Kids” actually endows the song with humor as the lyrics develop from lighthearted denial of material needs—“got no car, got no money”—to more serious worries?...
...attempts to imbue the lyrics with sappy romanticism, as in the chorus: “Let’s grow old together / And die at the same time.” Likewise, many songs include hooks of catchy and simply crafted couplets with the explosive intensity of a jarring guitar to boot. But if White Lies aren’t more careful with their limited repertoire of lyrical influences, they’ll soon find themselves one swipe of the black eyeliner away from being hurtled into emo obscurity. But on “Fifty On Our Foreheads...