Word: rocks
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...bold break with their own tradition of high-powered guitar riffs and earth-shaking drums, Grammy winning rockers the Foo Fighters, led by Dave Grohl, offer a mellower, more sophisticated type of rock with their seventh album “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.” The result, although not always straight-ahead, still rocks...
...their follow-up, “Cease to Begin,” Band of Horses seems to have abandoned their eerie edge, both lyrically and vocally. They’ve instead embraced their down-home impulses and come closer—perhaps dangerously close—to country-rock...
...just feigning world-weariness—Condon’s only 21, after all. His voice fits the music but rarely impresses. “The Flying Club Cup” isn’t half bad. Beirut’s eclectic arrangements separates them from traditional guitar rock outfits, but it leads to comparisons with groups like Arcade Fire and Neutral Milk Hotel—comparisons that aren’t always favorable. Beirut adds Franco-flavor to the gypsy formula, but it’s hard not to wish they had developed a new one altogether...
Full disclosure: I spent the better part of my summer listening to the indie rock CDs that flooded the mailboxes I was forced to sort while I worked at a radio station. While I’m not one to complain about free stuff, the forced listening may be directly responsible for my annoyance with the Fiery Furnaces. There was a time when I didn’t mind listening to seven-minute songs with two tempo changes in the first sixty seconds. When the Furnaces sang lyrics demanding that they notarize my will, I thought they were actually kind...
...Vuitton ordered up an installation by Olafur Eliasson for its Christmas windows in 360 stores around the world. Similarly, the Jil Sander store in Chicago has just tapped local artists Selina Trepp, Cody Hudson and Terence Hannum to display their works as part of a show entitled "Throb Throb: Rock and Roll Currents in Chicago Art Today...