Word: songcraft
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Collective is just as quick to embrace the pop and folk tradition. “Sung Tongs” channeled a chilled, sometimes urgent songcraft (think the Beach Boys on acid) with just Avey Tare and Panda Bear appearing, only half of the group. It was only a matter of time before Geologist and Deakin would join their zoomates and throw a monkey wrench into the band’s musical progression...
...amazing special effects!” “I’m an emotionally stunted man-child just like Michael!” And I agree with most of them—especially the last.“Thriller” is a masterpiece of pop songcraft, compliments of Rod Temperton’s songwriting and Quincy Jones’s legendary production. And the video’s creature effects are spectacular: Jon Landis, the director of “An American Werewolf in London,” helmed the shoot, and brought his horror film expertise...
...detects an incipient feminism in Messina’s songcraft, but this is Red State music, so righteous indignation is softened to mere peevishness...
...just say that because I think that it’s an unstoppably great song, or that the Arcade Fire are destined to become the Great Band of Our Generation, or that their debut LP, “Funeral,” is a never-ending mine of inspirational songcraft, although I do think all of these things. I say it because it’s a song that should be a part of your college experience. Don’t put off listening to it until you graduate or go off on summer activities. It’s about...
...song exemplary of the band’s recent tendency towards polished, upbeat, yet still clearly indie-minded tunes. Though the crowd seemed slightly upset at not hearing an old favorite, they were quickly quieted and then enthralled by the group’s mature songcraft and impeccable musicianship...