Word: punkness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...endeavors to be: fun. However, the brand-name brains settled for a spotty pop mixture based on the sounds of their former clients, and “Damn Thing” retains little of what used to be amusing about Lavigne’s music. The up-tempo punk-pop tunes that put Lavigne on the map seem to have devolved–something one would have thought impossible–into even simpler, standard fare. On this, her third solo album, Lavigne aspires to the same fuck-you pretension that marked her past two discs, but the sound...
...chewed out for being all talk and no action. Nonetheless, they still got up on the tables at the late late hour of midnight to give a toast to “doing what you want” and then fled as the young set started grinding to Daft Punk and RJD2 (who made an appearance at WHRB this weekend)...in case you thought Third Eye Blind was bad, Yale booked Sister Hazel for their Spring Fling this year. Unfortunately for us, they also booked T.I. and emo heartthrobs the Format. Further proof we all should have gone to Yale...
...shows restraint, the song’s bombastic multi-tracked vocal harmonies suggest that Murphy may even be taking on Freddie Mercury. “North American Scum” is this outing’s silly bootyshaker, the equivalent of yesteryear’s “Daft Punk Is Playing at my House”—but that song’s teenagers have matured into musicians on an uncool continent, jabbing back at the accented discotheque acolytes across the Atlantic. Which is funny, since Murphy owes a lot to European influences. They pop up everywhere...
...tracks often feel like those songs you obsessed over as a teen: they were great then, but you now wonder why you ever made such a fuss. Fans of Leo will be comfortable with the sound on many of the tracks, which present a recognizable blend of punk, ska, folk, R&B and rock through his usual pop filter. The ease and confidence with which the band plays is immediately apparent, though ultimately points to a much larger problem: Leo has, either with the Pharmacists or previous outfits, made this album before. The upbeat, four-minute tracks that once drove...
...piece that felt like a companion to the way the soldiers would write,” Robbins says.For example, the graphic novel style was selected for one piece because its author, Colby Buzzel, impressed Robbins with his unique feel. “He’s kind of a punk rock kid. He kind of writes like that: staccato, tongue-in-cheek.” In particular, the graphic novel visualization stands out as eye-catching, drawn in a style reminiscent of the ultra-violent “Sin City.”Robbins expresses his initial concern that such...