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...critical favorite and 2005’s “Gimme Fiction” was the album that launched a thousand soundtracks, but “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” was, perhaps inadvertently, tailor-made for success in 2007 (The stripped-down rock thing worked great that year, just ask Radiohead). Six albums in, Spoon suddenly had consistent radio play and record sales, and more than just music critics realized that Spoon just might be the best American rock band...
...Spoon’s new album, “Transference,” as something of a reaction to that success. “Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty,” Daniel, quoting Proverbs, begins the album. With his penchant for writing rock music about rock music, the intention to step back a bit seems clear. And throughout “Transference,” the elements that made its predecessor an instant classic—horns, conventional pop structure, songs with more that two chords—are thrown out in favor...
...typical Beck style, the collaboration cuts across a variety of different musical styles - blues, electronica, rock and folk. And Gainsbourg proves she's more than just his muse. Although her vocals sometimes sound like mere whispers, she conveys intense emotion throughout the album. On "Le Chat du Café des Artistes," - the only song sung entirely in French - her dark intonations complement the song's haunting strings. On "Voyage," she channels Enya at a drum circle - and somehow manages to give the song a spiritual quality. (See pictures of Paris expanding...
...method that has received positive reviews is the "Dip 'n' Rip," taught by a former UCLA defensive back named Bobby Hosea. Hosea instructs kids to wind back their arms and explode up with their hips while going in for a hit. Such a movement causes the head to rock away from oncoming traffic. One convert to Hosea's method is Mike Kulow, a veteran youth coach who says his Murrieta, Calif., Pop Warner league, which has 450 players, witnessed only one whiplash injury this past season. "Man, do I wonder, if I had this education about the consequences...
...Glee's Rachel Berry went to Harvard she’d enthusiastically take this class, which explores “the musical artistry and cultural resonances” of a number of iconic Broadway musicals, including Shuffle Along, Show Boat, The Cradle Will Rock, and Oklahoma! | T., Th. 12. Link...