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...think I’ve whacked myself into a corner,” he said between blows, pointing out the failure of his attempts at “bilateral flaking,” an ancient process by which bits of stone are driven off both sides of a rock to create a tool with a knife-like edge...
...it”) to the origins of artistic inspiration (“I could steal a melody / Of this I am allowed”). The mood of her music covers a similarly broad spectrum, from the downright creepy ballad “Tower Song” to the more rock-pop feel of “Comin’ to Town.” Wainwright’s strangely poetic and profoundly female way of expressing the myriad dimensions of love, music, and self-expression recalls Mary Chapin Carpenter and Carol King, though the album does has its grating moments...
...more bands or celebrities, who are asked by Hogan to select all the bands, musicians, and films they want to see at the festival. “It’s sort of like making a mixtape,” Hogan says. Past festival curators have included rock bands Sonic Youth, Modest Mouse, and Portishead, as well as filmmaker Vincent Gallo and Simpson’s creator Matt Groening. My Bloody Valentine’s selections include performances by indie mainstays Dinosaur Jr and Yo La Tengo, as well as psych-rockers Mercury Rev and Brian Jonestown Massacre.Hogan...
Since their breakthrough album, “Separation Sunday,” The Hold Steady have become one of the most polarizing bands in indie rock. To some, they’re the new standard-bearers of the classic rock revival. Others consider them derivative and label them as the poster children of Pitchfork-induced hype. Their devotees praise their energy and earnestness, but their detractors ridicule the drugged-out, sex-crazed disillusionment that permeates their lyrics and sends hipster students into a swoon. On “Stay Positive,” the Brooklyn band presents some of their...
...Carsick Cars’ first song I liked what I heard—and found myself in complete disbelief. Atonal music in China that wasn’t Beijing opera? Really? I was soon paying just as much attention to the band as I was to the crowd: the rock and roll ragamuffins before me had begun to beat each other up. They pushed and shoved and fell down and sometimes didn’t get back up for a while. One of them was a female co-worker, so embarrassed that she was at the concert (and drunk) that...