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...kids doing stupid things, with a dawning recognition that maybe life has more to offer than drinking and hooking up. Perhaps the best thing about it is that it has no interest in speaking to anyone over 30. It's great for family dynamics that parents and kids can listen to Coldplay together, but it's a terrible thing for rock 'n' roll, which needs rebellion to survive. (Ever wonder why hip-hop is doing so well?) Parents will be freaked by Turner's wry narration of a life that could go either way, but kids will hear someone speaking...
...Explorer were far superior to those of comparable imported SUVs. But I quickly tired of taking it back to the dealer every few months for hundreds of dollars' worth of repairs. That's why I traded it in for a Toyota 4Runner, which has been problem free so far. Listen up, Ford! DENNIS L. BARTON Silver Spring...
...foremost, utterly confusing. As a collection of covers ranging from Devo to Don Williams, chosen for the first collaboration between shambler Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (Will Oldham) and math geeks Tortoise, both weird in their own ways, how could it not be? Still, as I listened through again and again, trying to put my finger on what exactly goes wrong, I found myself enjoying it more and more: confusing and confused as it is, there is something here, perhaps accidental, that manages to make it work. At first listen, the styles of the two groups struggle...
...result, the tracks float by without distinguishing themselves. Part of the problem is Marshall’s slightly husky baritone. Within the structure of her higher-pitched and more rock-like previous work, it often gives an appealingly off-beat vibe. Within the deeper registers of country instrumentation, the listener simply can’t make out what she’s singing. The arrangements do little to make up for the bland vocal performances: the sound is cut-rate honky-tonk blues alternated with cut-rate Norah Jones jazzy-pseudo-neo-soul. That?...
...last release, 2003s “Dear Catastrophe Waitress,” stressed the former with instantly-catchy songs and goofy lyrics, their new LP, “The Life Pursuit,” has more gravity to match its sober title. Through the first four listens, I was disappointed with the album; by the seventh, I had fallen in love with the band again. Part of that reaction has to do with the fact that “The Life Pursuit,” unlike previous work, was recorded in more or less live sessions rather than as layers...