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...Ariel Pink is being released on the Animal Collective’s Paw Tracks label gives some clue to the intention of The Doldrums. It shares with that troupe an affinity for presenting catchy melodies in bizarre ways, but the idea here is more fractured easy listening than campfire sing-along. The album is profoundly lo-fi, sometimes endearingly, sometimes gratingly; it comes across like something eavesdropped and only half-understood, with vocals, keyboards and feedback funneled through such a swampy mix that they often become indistinguishable. It’s in the spirit...
...band finished with fan favorite “Man on the Moon,” on which Stipe openly invited the crowd to sing along, as if they hadn’t been doing so all along. Surprisingly, Andy Kaufman’s death elegy did little to sap the mood from the night: When the lights came up many in the audience looked completely shell-shocked by the two-hour set’s incessant energy...
...Veritones perform songs representing the widest variety of genres I’ve encountered, singing everything from rock to jazz to pop to country. Back in freshman year—before I was even in the group—the Veritones impressed me with the way they pulled off intricate and truly beautiful arrangements of great songs. To be a part of such a collaborative effort, with such a small group of people presenting familiar songs in a totally refreshing style, is a real rush. It’s a lot of fun to sing for people who aren?...
When the lights first come up, you’re blinded for a few seconds, so it’s almost like you’re singing to a black wall: you know the audience is there because you can hear them breathing, but you physically can’t see a thing. But when your eyes adjust to the light, you suddenly sense that the place is packed—it’s pretty awesome.How have your years at Harvard affected you or your performance art?I’m much different from the person I was just...
...where the performer following us was a man dressed as Winnie the Pooh. He walked in during our last number, and everyone just lost it. Within a minute everyone was crying from the strain of not laughing too loud. You just can’t sing when a man in a yellow bear suit is in the audience...