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...Harvard women’s tennis team entered its season finale ranked 45th nationally and looking to add a final win against No. 56 Dartmouth (16-6, 3-4 Ivy) to its r??sumé as it makes its case for one of the 33 at-large bids to the NCAA tournament. The Crimson (14-7, 6-1) hopes to join Princeton (20-5, 7-0), which secured one of the 31 conference champion bids by going undefeated in Ivy play, in representing the Ivy League at the annual tournament next month...
...secret that post-rockers Sigur R??s make music that reflects their Icelandic roots: ethereally beautiful, pastoral, and momentous, yet glacial in its motions. The quartet distills the essence of their homeland into extended experimental records that occasionally pay lip service to classical and pop music, but nonetheless remain firmly rooted in their own world. The group never concede a shred of their perfectly-structured compositions for the sake of accessibility, and in fact, their lyrics are often sung in a gibberish language of the band’s invention...
...Sigur R??s haven’t released an album since 2008’s “Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust,” and despite their indefinite hiatus, lead vocalist and guitarist Jón “Jónsi” Birgisson has stayed busy, releasing an album titled “Riceboy Sleeps” with his boyfriend, graphic artist Alex Somers, last year. Jónsi’s first solo effort, “Go,” features the instrumental arrangements of composer Nico...
...first hint that this is a pop album at its heart comes at the very start: unlike nearly all of Sigur R??s’ more symphonic releases, the best song on “Go” is the first one. “Go Do” may back Jónsi’s familiar soaring falsetto with chiming percussion and orchestral flourishes, but it is nonetheless a consummate pop song—and a great one. From the opening, cheerfully syncopated vocal samples through the disconcertingly straightforward verse-chorus-verse structure...
...seem limiting to constantly compare Jónsi to Sigur R??s, but Jónsi invites the association by making music that has so much in common with his band—his own heartrending falsetto, simple but perfectly arranged orchestral support, and an unabashedly emotional atmosphere—and then self-consciously moving away from much of what defines them. Where Sigur R??s were sprawling, Jónsi is concise. Where Sigur R??s were languorous, Jónsi is propulsive. Where Sigur R??s were grandiose, Jónsi is playful...