Word: solos
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...Haitian-born hip-hop producer and artist rose to fame as member of the multi-platinum selling group, the Fugees, before launching his solo career in the late...
...Team could have played in one of London's narrow red phone booths and still had room to spare. Literally. Ian Parton - who performs like a one-man band on the Astoria's stage, playing guitar, keyboard, recorder, drums, melodica, harmonica and various percussion instruments - used to do everything solo. The former documentary filmmaker wrote, recorded, mixed samples and produced the band's Mercury Prize-nominated debut album, Thunder, Lightning, Strike. "I would just monkey around after work," explains 32-year-old Parton, nursing a pint of lager outside his local pub in the English seaside resort of Brighton...
...film’s magnificent final act, is not found in a romantic viewing of the sunrise over the idyllic Kentucky countryside; it’s in the climactic memorial service for Drew’s father, drenched by sprinklers, surrounded by fire, and listening to the guitar solo from “Free Bird.” In its quirkiness, plot structure, reliance on music, and examination of a character overcoming malaise through an unexpected romance, “Elizabethtown” calls to mind “Garden State” (and looks worse for the comparison). While...
...Record,” while awe-inspiring in concert, sounds paradoxically forced on the record. Still, the band retains its flair for the redeeming musical moment. “Lay Low” is not conceptually jaw-dropping, but the spiraling, Built to Spill-esque guitar solo and the descending rhythm hook are sure to please old-school MMJ fans. “Knot Comes Loose” is an unquestionably pastoral tune but, when an overdubbed James effortlessly harmonizes “Ba-by, can’t you see that I’m smilin?...
...frequently traded wry glances after interesting riffs or interjections. Hass was a dynamic presence on the kit, managing simultaneously to provide an unshakable foundation for the band and to keep things exciting with his enthusiastic series of drum punctuations. Benitez hung back from the spotlight, taking only one full solo over the course of the night, but he showcased an endless repertoire of funky basslines. He and Hass were in constant touch for the whole show and proved themselves one of the better rhythm sections to visit Cambridge recently.Unfortunately, Versace’s off-putting stage presence distracted from...