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...music itself makes no great claims to originality. The Arctic Monkeys' lo-fi guitar jags are cribbed from the Strokes and Franz Ferdinand (who cribbed them from Lou Reed and Television and so on), and the band's ska rhythms and martial drums come courtesy of the Clash. But singer-guitarist Alex Turner, guitarist Jamie Cook, drummer Matt Helders and bassist Andy Nicholson play with a swagger that obliterates any trace of ancestor worship. They aren't referencing anything as they fly through tunes like The View from the Afternoon; they're just playing as many hooks as possible...
...perform at the Middle East with the Twinemen. The Middle East Downstairs. 7 p.m. 18+. Tickets available from the Middle East box office or through Ticketmaster. $25. (PRC) Wednesday, Nov. 23Sweetfist, Alchemilla, Gavin Castleton, and Plan 17. These four acts promise a diverse night of alternative music ranging from ska punk to indie electronica. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. 18+. Tickets available from the Middle East box office. $9. (PRC)Simon Ritt, The Fighting Cocks, The Illegals, and the Drags. These four bands promise to give the crowd a good time. Simon Ritt will perform...
...hips hesitated (all style) on the offbeat. Her eyes opened only at the end of the song to catch her opponent’s, stinging like a glove against his cheek.He (in white, shoulders shrugged and feet kicking) responded with appropriate late-’90s finesse to the ska-laced beat of “Frenchy, I’m Faking.” With big band grandeur, two trombones from the band crossed slides, hurling more syncopated grace at the dancer. With sudden fear, his feet were not his own but those of another, less laden with curiosity...
...Concern for multiculturalism also prompted drafters of the new law to allow for other exotic forms of nomenclature, including Tamil and Arabic patronymics and Slavonic traditions of gender-specific suffixes such as -ski for men and -ska for women...
...dark side. This all runs conceptual loops around Oasis’s retreads of pieces about love, and it all occurs under a penumbra of sonic innovation—the range of styles the band touches on is incredible, incorporating the best parts of guitar-pop, two-tone ska, and the early shoegazing sound that characterized their debut, Leisure...