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...frontman Julian Casablancas decided to hit up a dance club rather than crash the drunken house party mentioned in the lyrics. The result would sound something like “11th Dimension,” the first single from Casablancas’ premiere solo album “Phrazes For the Young.” Featuring a bubbling electronic beat layered with disco sheen and synths torn from the Human League’s new wave cornerstone “Don’t You Want Me,” “11th Dimension” does not resemble...
Casablancas’ solo debut is a confusing experience. Despite running 40 minutes, “Phrazes” is a mere eight tracks. Consequently, the album feels too short while most of the tracks feel too long. His output is erratic: “11th Dimension” and “Left and Right in the Dark” stand among his finest work, while the rest of “Phrazes” suffers from a lack of creative inspiration. Casablancas’ solo effort proves that the Strokes truly were greater than the sum of their...
...It” to highlight the dual nature of Jackson’s creative vision. Simultaneously exacting and nurturing, he pushes his colleagues to the full extent of their abilities. Unable to signal to his young guitarist the intensity with which he would like her to approach her guitar solo, he finally sings a high note, instructing her to allow her guitar to wail accordingly, noting, “This is your time to shine...
...Italian saltarello-inspired exposition pulsed with animation and drive, transitioning seamlessly into a tonally exquisite English horn solo. A few flubbed French horn entrances and a high strings section that occasionally tended to overpower its lower counterparts did little to detract from the ensemble’s procession towards an energetic, brass-heavy coda...
...garbed in a mismatched white and red-checkered shirt and pants, with a pair of aviator shades to match. Not only are her arias beautifully sung, but she is constantly in character, whether snuggling next to the sleeping Semele after Jupiter has left her, or serving drinks in Solo cups to the cast while they sing joyfully about everything working out the way it should have. This, the final scene, is especially hysterical. Semele dies, Ino and Athamas become engaged, and the entire cast joyously celebrates, completely ignoring Semele, whose corpse remains noticeably on stage...