Word: punkness
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...album takes the band in new directions of sixties soul and Motown, leaving behind their reverb-filled punk-pop. Its perplexing title isn’t as philosophical as it may sound...
...band has recently shifted away from the noisy, heavy distortion that characterized their style. They resist comparison to Sleater-Kinney, who also evolved out of polemic punk, saying that their move is simply a natural progression for a band whose members are maturing...
He’s a self-conscious but sharp 22-year-old who graduated from Harvard College last year, an economics concentrator and a huge fan of punk rock and roller coasters. Edelman, a shy, soft-spoken first-year law student who could pass for a high school senior, says he doesn’t know what he wants to do after he graduates from Harvard Law School...
...Linton’s vocals mostly hit the mark, she is sometimes too ambitious. Her voice never quite passes as sultry, and is over-affected enough to hurt the slower numbers. The fast songs are the album’s best, showing off the band’s post-punk roots—especially on “Languor in the Balcony” and “The Train #2.” The latter serves up distorted vocals and squalls of guitar noise while throwing in timely lyrics from the Smiths: “But if it?...
...punk princess AVRIL LAVIGNE, charity began in the T-shirt bin at a thrift store, where she found a sporty green-and-gold number that she wore in the video for her song Sk8ter Boi. Turns out the T shirt came from a Wilkesboro, N.C., elementary school, which has since been inundated with calls from fans looking to buy one. The result? A windfall for the school, which was struggling to find cash to pay for new computers. Maybe it could pay Lavigne back by teaching her how to spell skater...