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...Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life follows the hobby from its Japanese origins across the ocean to America and into Raftery's heart. With over ten years of karaoke experience, from the cheaply produced laser discs to live action performances backed by the Georgia-based indie rock group Of Montreal, Raftery has sung it all. TIME talks to him about his obsession, his fondness for an obscure Ghostbuster's II song, and why he doesn't want to die while singing along to R. Kelly...
...called rock musical, “Chess” does not live up to its celebrity creators. Penned by Tim Rice, with music from Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, two former members of Abba, the musical often features an off-key score to lend the songs a foreboding tone. This score does little to compensate for the musical’s flimsy plot. Although the sinister score may give atmosphere to the setting, it does little to enliven the scenes of the musical...
...less and less surreptitious. With the recent digital release of reissues by artists like Russell, the sensibilities of those early innovators are more relevant now than ever. This last fin de siècle saw the rise and fall of Britpop (Oasis, Blur) and the Post-Punk Revival/New York Rock Rennaissance (The Strokes, The Libertines). Both movements suffered from the perception of having valued nostalgia over relevancy, or even quality. When Strokes lead singer Julian Casablancas sang, “I’ve got nothing to say, I’ve got nothing to say,” everyone...
...name Guns N’ Roses is a hex, a curse; synonymous with dysfunction, collapse, and eternal damnation—the Voldemort of the rock world. The group has never made an album better than their 1987 debut “Appetite for Destruction”—one of the best hard rock records ever—and has never written a song better than “Welcome to the Jungle,” that album’s unforgettable first track. Two decades and four albums later, the band has hit its nadir...
...Theater” is a thematic album (though the theme behind it seems to be mood swings), with songs that “co-star” artists like Lil’ Wayne, Nas, Jay-Z, and T.I., as well as some more unexpected guests like Floyd Mayweather, Chris Rock, and Spike Lee. The first group of rappers adds flourishes of the usual gangsta rap fare throughout the disc, but it’s Lee’s influence that brings a certain depth to “Theater of the Mind.” While Ludacris?...