Word: revivalist
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HEALTH can be identified as part of a growing contingent of indie rock bands that channel noise-rock and new wave influences into a revivalist genre often described as “Nu Gaze.” Nu Gaze acts are prone to two common pitfalls: they can be little more than cheap imitations of their legendary forebears, and they can fail to augment their aural attack with subtlety. HEALTH, to their credit, have avoided the path of mere derivation. As with their fellow L.A. scenesters No Age, one of the few bands to successfully grapple with Nu Gaze...
...that he bought off Craigslist, painted dollar green and emblazoned with the motto "ForeclosureToursRUs.com." But most people had no idea how to buy a house from a bank, and many were too scared to try, so he decided to lead tours of the new economic frontier. He is a revivalist for this apocalyptic age, living an American story as old as the pilgrims and the 49ers and every pioneer who ever saw opportunity where everyone else saw only ruin. (See pictures of Americans in their homes...
...day’s events concluded with the Grand Public Bookish Ball, featuring a literary costume contest sponsored by the Harvard Independent, literary-themed confections, and the soul music of the ’60s-revivalist band the Sweet Divines...
...York City / In a soup queue / A dope fiend / A slave / Then prison / Then the madhouse / Then the grave.” It’s a fitting end for any character in a Bad Seeds song, but Cave spouts this particular sermon with the vigor of a revivalist preacher. “I can hear chants and incantations and some guy’s mentioning me in his prayers / Well, I don’t know what it is but there’s definitely something going on upstairs,” he sings. Cave laughs at the euphemism...
...HARVARD: A HOUSE OF IMPIETY & SIN George Whitefield, a revivalist preacher, called it one in the 1740s