Word: klaxons
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...trio, the Klaxons sure can make a ton of noise. This British band’s name comes from the Greek word “klaxon,” which basically means “to shriek.” And sometimes they do just that on their full-length debut “Myths of the Near Future.” The Klaxons are all about creating a fresh sound. While essentially a rock band, elements of both dance and pop music inflect their work. Songs such as “Atlantis to Interzone?...
...Rescuers found the bodies of airline passengers strapped in their seats, a flight attendant with her hands bound. Doctors at the triage stations grieved that there were not more survivors to treat. All they could do was wash the grit out of the rescuers' eyes. Every so often the Klaxon sounded, another fractured building about to faint. Medics had to keep moving the morgue. Even the rescuers had to be rescued from the hidden caves, the shifting rubble, the filthy air. When the rains came Thursday night the peril merely increased, as the ash turned to porridge and the fires...