Word: punks
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...wave cornerstone “Don’t You Want Me,” “11th Dimension” does not resemble anything ever produced by the Strokes, which reflects the larger point of Casablancas’ solo album. With his band, Casablancas produced tight, punk-tinged garage pop; on his own, Casablancas clearly has greater ambitions and a more varied, chameleonic style, a fact that comes through on “Phrazes,” albeit with mixed results...
Unfortunately, a nearly four-year studio hiatus seems to have somewhat dulled Casablancas’ previously superb songwriting abilities. The album’s opener, “Out of the Blue,” rides a driving guitar riff resembling something from a punk rock Johnny Cash as Casablancas delivers one of the album’s best lyrics: “I know I’m going to hell in a leather jacket / at least I’ll be in another world while you’re pissing on my casket.” While Casablancas?...
...moments that Casablancas breaks free of midtempo rock and experiments with his sound that “Phrazes” truly shines. “11th Dimension” is undoubtedly the finest track on the album: an ’80s new-wave homage recalling the post-punk roots of New Order, “Dimension” showcases Casablancas truly having fun, as he gleefully exclaims “I got music coming out of my hands and feet!” Similarly experimental, the bluesy “4 Chords Of The Apocalypse” opens...
...musicians while condemning the “yuppie expansion.” “Everything seems to go wrong once I stop drinking,” he bashfully declares at the song’s opening. He’s one of the decade’s finest punk rock ne’er-do-wells, and his music reaches its maximum potential when he embraces this role rather than rejecting...
Toward the end of his career, a tennis commentator said Agassi went from "punk to paragon." Agassi, who has dedicated his post-tennis life to expanding the Las Vegas charter school he founded, hated that handle. He insists the Agassi of the mullet and acid-washed jeans wasn't a punk; he was just lost. And "paragon" is simply hyperbole. Agassi's evolution, however, is still striking. So we'll offer him a more fitting, if less catchy, epithet: from anguished soul to outstanding author...