Word: sadier
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...keepers here—both parts of “Kyberneticka Babicka,” for example, are fun, up-tempo odes to multi-track layering. “Plastic Mile” has an appealingly vintage funk-rock beat under a schizophrenic self-duet from lead singer Laetitia Sadier, and “Whisper Pitch” is a more-successful-than-usual foray into psychedelic syncopation that morphs into a pretty ballad. In these songs, though, are just about the only musical moments that manage to separate themselves from the synth soup that is the rest...
...Talib Kweli and Cody Chesnutt proved the place of electronica and the electric guitar in the music of this new hip-hop movement. But Common’s new album delivers the exclamation point on an already strong declaration. In “New Wave,” Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab delivers a stunning vocal hook as Common declares his independence from the music industry. Meanwhile, “Jimi was a Rock Star” serves as a nod to the album’s most obvious musical influence, as well as a showcase for Common?...