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...reissues. Confusing and repetitive, this two-disc set pales in comparison to the exquisite re-releases of “Slanted & Enchanted” and “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.”However, as a historical document, it does an admirable job of capturing the greatest rock band of the past two decades at a profoundly strange moment in their existence.After the soaring hooks of 1994’s “Crooked Rain” and its almost-hit “Cut Your Hair,” Stephen Malkmus and company hid themselves away...
...short time, it seemed that the Black Keys were doomed to live in the shadow of the White Stripes. They were just another blues-rock duo from the industrial belly of the country—even the groups’ names were strangely similar. Since about 2005, however, the Keys have come into their own; as their show last Thursday at Boston’s Avalon proved, the two boys from Akron, Ohio deserve all the praise they’ve garnered on their own terms. While Jack and Meg White are lauded for pushing musical their boundaries, the Black...
Punk rockers in skinny jeans will serenade half-drunk, sweatshirt-wearing football fans in an awkward meeting of the campus music underground and the “Crimson Crazies” crowd at the Harvard-Yale tailgate on Nov. 18. The Harvard College Alliance for Rock and Roll (HCARAR) has snagged a spot at the tailgate, where it will host a five-act battle of the bands, Harvard versus Yale. Part of the tailgate concert’s appeal for HCARAR is introducing both campus’ scenes to a wider segment of the population. “It provides...
...idea when his brother, a line cook, wanted to try some dishes. They started in their house. Two years and one visit from a health inspector later, Townsend took his idea mobile, trying out chefs in other cities. "My ultimate dream is to tour the country like a rock band, except with dinner parties," he says...
...think you need special effects or big-budget drama: Castle Rock takes its initial cues from everyday letters and diaries and just lets them enjoy a new life in the imagination. A girl walking to school in rural Ontario in 1942 can be riveting--if you describe the walk in the voice of her future self, in the city, many years later...