Word: rocks
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...about death played on accordion and mandolin. Later U2's the Edge would create endless spaces between guitar chords, while Bono drove metaphorical trucks through them, but somehow Arcade Fire's patchwork symphonies roared almost as loudly. To hear the bands together was an education in the various ways rock music can be huge...
...singer too, but all members of Arcade Fire sing or scream whenever they want to--spends a lot of time cataloging his gloom. "Every spark of friendship and love/ Will die without a home," he yelps on Intervention, one of the happier tunes. Plenty of candidates for rock's next big voice mistook darkness for depth early on (listened to any '70s Springsteen lately?), and you get the sense Butler will outgrow it, since the band's melodies already have. Black Mirror and Keep the Car Running take flight on guitar, harp, hurdy-gurdy and a chorus of voices that...
...Jewish-inspired costume. She was dressed as Pippi Longstocking with long striped socks and pigtails that defied gravity with help from a hidden wire. “It’s certainly getting a lot of attention,” says Hinman. As the party raged on, Jewish rock band Red Heifer made the walls of Beren Hall throb with deafening bass as the Purimpalooza attendees hit the dance floor. The band puts its own kosher spin on rock-and-roll classics, and normally caters to the Jewish party-animal crowd with songs like “I Can?...
...barrier no more, taking the title in women’s foil, with classmate Arielle Pensler tacking on a third-place finish. In the saber, junior Alexa Weingarden took second in the event she won the previous year. Women’s epee continued to be the rock of the team, with senior Jasmine McGlade topping the list. “For a couple of our seniors, it was their last IFA meet,” said junior co-captain and saber fencer Samantha Parker. “It’s a really fun meet, so people were...
...ECAC Championships this weekend, Harvard went 1-2 to finish in seventh place. Princeton won the tournament in a close 7-6 victory over Ivy rival Brown. After dropping both contests on Saturday, the Crimson (4-5) avoided a last-place finish with a 11-5 win against Slippery Rock yesterday morning. For Harvard, the weekend was characterized by outstanding goaltending and defense paired with an inconsistent offense whose shots often went wide, high, or short. HARVARD 11, SLIPPERY ROCK 5 In its last game of the weekend, Harvard finally found some offensive firepower, as the Crimson exploded...