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...examples of her limited vocal experimentation, she groups her phrases into short bursts, shooting up the octave over and over as if she was not yet content with how high her voice can reach. Whereas “Citrus” fused dream pop with a healthy dose of punk attitude, “Hush” lacks any type of edge. Despite the occasional pounding drum, the songs never depart from the prevailing dreamy tone, making much of the album essentially indistinguishable. As “In the Sky” fades into...
Interior, born Erick Lee Purkhiser, started the Cramps with his wife, guitarist Poison Ivy Rorschach, in 1976. From the beginning, they were more an act than a band, their fusion of surf music, punk and rockabilly (psychobilly, as it was known) sounding better in theory than in sloppy 3-min. bursts...
...Fairey and members of his studio over the course of the past two decades. Divided into seven themed rooms—Propaganda, War and Peace, Stylized, Music, Portraiture, Hierarchies of Power, and Question Everything—the works trace the evolution of his experiment and its influences through punk rock disobedience, skate culture, pop art, politics, propaganda, and capitalism. A glossary of terms on the exhibition pamphlet, itself designed as a piece of advertising, includes words ranging from “Appropriate” to “Culture Jamming,” indicating the disparate backgrounds of visitors...
...pictures of the punk life and death of Sid Vicious...
After four years, Franz Ferdinand’s finally returned to the party. “Tonight: Franz Ferdinand,” their third album, finds the Scottish foursome still making dance floor-worthy post-punk. Their latest effort expands their signature style by adding more synthesizers and cranking up the bass in an attempt to satisfy the absurdly high expectations that grew over their long hiatus. However, while “Tonight” is a solid album, it is not as mind-blowingly awesome as it should be. The album’s best tracks showcase Franz Ferdinand...