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...Loved starts like a standard ballad until an exaggerated bass line kicks up during the first verse and gentle chaos begins. Marching Bands of Manhattan builds from a single keyboard chord into something joyful enough to counter the repetitions of "your love is gonna drown." On Crooked Teeth, each instrument plays a line that, isolated, could be the basis for its own hit. The melodies are hard to get out of your head, but the thoughts they carry are only pretend deep. Just in time for the new season of The O.C. --By Josh Tyrangiel
DIED. ROBERT MOOG, 71, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, credited with ushering in the age of electronica in the 1960s and '70s; in Asheville, N.C. As a boy, he built gadgets with his engineer father and became intrigued with the theremin, an earlier relative of the synthesizer. His eponymous instrument first drew widespread attention in 1968 with the release of Switched-On Bach, Walter Carlos' electrified reworking of pieces by the baroque composer, and was later adopted by artists such as Pink Floyd and the Beatles...
...three records, though, it is Goldfrapp's voice that is most beguiling. At moments it recalls the whispered seduction of Marlene Dietrich, then eases up the range to Kate Bush or some operatic diva, and on occasion even morphs completely into synthesizer effect. "Ultimately the voice is an instrument, so you can use it as a texture or put it into the foreground and make it into something distinct," she says. The Goldfrapp sound has undoubtedly inspired some contemporary pop starlets like Rachel Stevens and some of Kylie Minogue's more recent offerings, even if critics can't always agree...
...HUPD officer investigated reports of a musician soliciting money for playing an instrument outside of Holworthy Hall. Prior to the officer’s arrival, the alleged musician had departed, taking his music with...
Another love that I have is music. I play the clarinet in my school's highest band, the wind ensemble. Last summer I took piano lessons for my own pleasure. I caught on to this instrument quickly, and I play it as much as possible--often to soothe myself after a stressful...