Word: nico
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Reed had his testicles ripped off and subsequently made a sugary album with supermodel/siren/singer Nico, it would probably sound a lot like Dean and Britta’s debut album, “Back Numbers.” In “Back Numbers,” the married couple, formerly of the indie-rock band Luna, step away from their well-respected place in the music industry to explore a folksy, Mitch and Mickey sound. M. Dean Wareham ’85, who’s billed in the accompanying press material as “an architect...
...such a shock. They haven't rid themselves of their beloved guitar fuzz, but on songs like Reena and the sublime Jams Runs Free, the noise takes a backseat to focused songcraft and real, live hummable riffs. To top it off, Kim Gordon has emerged from her decade-long Nico-soundalike contest and is enunciating again. Calling it a career best would only make them angry, so let's just say it's really good...
...tide has turned. There are some people who expect that we're going to go from low tide to high tide in two years' time. But I have absolutely no doubt that a difficult and painful process of evolution is going on, evolution for the better." Afrikaner Theologian Nico Smith notes that some of his friends find it strange that blacks are not more appreciative of reform. Says he: "Sadly, many Afrikaners can't understand that blacks are now comparing their circumstances with those of the whites of South Africa, not the blacks of other parts of Africa...
...Cure); the rocksteady exuberance of “Casa Nova” is really the only stylistic surprise on an album of mostly sparse arrangements. It is Todd’s voice instead that ultimately carries the album: a husky, singular tone reminiscent of legendary Velvet Underground collaborator Nico, whom she openly acknowledges as an inspiration...
...Nico Icon / Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart...