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...effects, which make the camera seem to zoom through blood vessels or the fiery barrel of a gun--render the forensic science more real than any dry technical explanation. The overexposed flashback images look like music videos, the lurid anatomical closeups like art film, the lab scenes like a lush photo shoot: cerulean blue trays, crystal glass, ruby chunks of human tissue laid out like a $300 sushi course...
...Friday night FleetCenter show, a venue much more capacious and comfortable in the brisk autumn than their outdoor show last year at the Tweeter Center. McCluskey showed off her smooth and powerful voice on a handful of tracks from her debut CD Things We Do, and her band provided lush backing to her slightly raspy, occasionally soulful vocals. The performance set the stage for the rest of the night: behind the ethereal music and her slightly quirky vocals, the band rocked out, with her guitarist seeming even to borrow some moves from R.E.M. axe-man Peter Buck...
...delivery was sincere and thoughtful; even Stipe’s rapping sounded credible. Later, the rendition of “I Wanted to be Wrong,” what Stipe referred to as the band’s “State of the Union,” was lush and sweeping, with a stage awash in red, white and blue...
...down on me,” Ryder declares in “God’s Cop,” but you know, Bill, it doesn’t take explicit reference to prove how much this album owes to MDMA; it comes off just as forcefully in the lush sound. Bouncy dance beats, sneering guitars and Ryder’s atonal sing-speak mingle in a chaotic and perplexing stew. On the surface is nothing but the smooth veneer of glorious production and funky beats, but just underneath is chaotic and threatening matter, a reflection of the dichotomy between...
...scene in the lounge area is a lychee martini—sexy and achingly hip, then the ambience of the restaurant next door is a glass of red wine—laid back and romantic. The walls and ceiling are draped in lush purple and red fabrics, and the long rectangular room is softly lit with gold and silver lanterns, no two exactly alike...