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...Wareham. However, the second song, “Words You Used To Say,” is marked by a distracting, spacey-sounding arpeggiated synthesizer harmony, which completely obliterates any other potentially interesting facet of the track. The following two songs–“Wait for Me?? and “You Turned My Head Around”–are the last tracks on the album worth listening to. “Wait for Me?? is a serene track with accompaniment well suited to Phillips’ soothing vocals. While lyrically stunted...
...years. He’s a talented writer, but the recycled ideas leave the work sounding unimaginative. The energy of the band’s performance often can’t live up to the grandeur of the expectations the album sets for itself. “Find Me?? and “These Are Those Soulful Days” are lethargic, and Marsalis’ improvisations don’t push the limits of his virtuosity. Saxophonist Walter Blanding and pianist Dan Nimmer struggle to excite. In spite of the record’s provocative message, Marsalis...
...that Deerhoof’s latest, “Friend Opportunity,” is anything less than finely crafted avant-pop that puts the rest of the “indie-prog” sub-sub-genre to shame. In fact, opener “The Perfect Me?? finds Deerhoof refueled with their unique brand of frantic, scattershot rocking. Soon after, however, the immediacy and unpredictability vanishes, and the songs become too comfortable—at least, by Deerhoof standards. “Friend Opportunity” is by no means a misstep. It?...
It’s hard for me??as a half-Muslim myself, but more so as an American—to not see an empty glass in this situation. Not only will these rumors cost a deserving and honest candidate votes, but they further spread the acceptability of xenophobia in our media and our society. Muslims, in particular, have become an easy target for sensationalist media with thriving post-9/11 McCarthyism. Never mind the fact that Obama is a committed Christian; an even-speculative connection to Islam is enough in some people’s eyes...
...least Rice’s instrumentals leave nothing to be desired, and his tangible sadness on “Accidental Babies” rivals the near-tears delivery that Jewel owned back when she sang “You Were Meant for Me?? all those years ago. She’s now happily married to a country singer. So maybe there’s still a ray of hope for young Rice. Then again, Jewel also sang at an audible decibel level and employed such useful songwriting devices as hooks and recognizable rhythm and syntax, so maybe...