Word: melodicism
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Luckily, the 20th Paul McCartney album, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, out Sept. 13, makes matters easy. It took two years to record, in part because McCartney plays almost all the instruments on it (including drums, harmonium and flugelhorn) and in part because he actually cared. Chaos and Creation...
DIED. VERNE MEISNER, 66, Wisconsin's polka king, known for his melodic Slovenian, or Cleveland-style, sound; of melanoma; in Milwaukee. In the Badger State, where polka is the official dance, Meisner started performing at age 11, gaining fans at taverns and festivals with a boost from a local disc...
A collage of found sounds, spoken work, melodic noise, folk songs, and “beautytronics,” Lucky Dragons’ music can be found on a variety of limited-press 7”s, CDs distributed by “reverse shoplifting,” and numerous...
Each member of the cast continues the accentuation of exaggerated hilarity, making sure their take on the theme is appropriate to their role. Sarah E. Stein ’08 plays Domina, Hero’s overbearing mother, with appropriately overblown hauteur. The sleazy profligacy of Lycus, the slave-owner...
More melodic than past releases, this album sounds like Oldham hitting full stride. By all means as minimalist as his past work, his Appalachian, flannel-tinged sound is more heart-wrenching here than ever before. A worthy classic.