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...Belong To Anyone” couches Oldham’s tender broodings in pleasant country cadences, coasting to a smooth-edged finish. And in “There Is Something I Have to Say,” Oldham updates the raw José González-style singer-guitar combo with a wash of icy background ambience and a minimalist layering of his own voice for a haunting, lovely effect...
...only embrace all styles, but have mastered all of them,” O’Connor says. The club hopes to continue providing Harvard students the opportunity to work closely with musicians dedicated to pushing the boundaries of American music with possible future guests such as bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss, jazz pianist Chick Corea, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, and electric bass player Victor Wooten. “All of these artists have had an impact on Harvard’s music community by expanding the boundaries of what constitutes American classical music,” says Thomas...
...collection, the Straus Center has worked on preserving seventeen paintings from Piet Mondrian’s Transatlantic series, an altarpiece created by Bartholomäus Bruyn during the 15th century brought in from Germany, and the enormous wall murals that decorate the Boston Public Library by John Singer Sargeant. Lie claims that the conservation of the Sargeant murals has been one of Center’s most exciting tasks under his tenure. “It was a very big project that gave us a chance to do significant work and to present the work we were doing...
After a long night of drinking, pissing, and pissing people off, singer Eddie Argos stumbles into his support group meeting only to find himself the subject of Art Brut’s new short film, creatively titled “Drunk?: a documentary” and set to their new single “Alcoholics Unanimous”—wait, see what they did there? Still belligerent and sweaty from the night before, Argos signs himself in and sits down among his peers. “Bring me tea! Bring me coffee!” he screams...
...keep pace with this diversity and modernity. Throughout the album, White Lies eschew lyrical or topical gravitas in favor of the trite and the maudlin.The ease with which the band has transitioned into one of the newest indie rock darlings can be attributed to the alluring quality of lead singer Harry McVeigh’s streamlined vocals. Yet, this ability doesn’t fully compensate for the shallow character of the lyrics, which rely almost exclusively on repetitive themes of love, death, obsession, and the occasional depression-induced suicide. The songs are morbid at best, and at their worst...