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...video posted on YouTube features six young men, presumably first-year residents of Canaday Hall, getting down and dirty in the basement of the newest -- but perhaps not cleanest -- freshman dorm. Although there are no women to speak of in the video, it is set to the Britney Spears song "Womanizer". And though the video is sans nudity, here are some highlights: a gentleman in shutter shades sensually peeling and eating a banana; another young man aggressively humping a recycling bin; a third man suggestively sliding across a table on his back and rubbing his hands all over some very...
...just any banging; at one point the drummer actually gets his sticks out and hits them against the door. Go ahead and insert a joke here about music breaking down doors. Having failed to get into the house, the band contents itself with a live performance of the song in the freezing yard. Sweet and melodic, “Can You Tell” offers a less angst-ridden version of the Arcade Fire’s orchestral pop. By playing it in the snowy environment of the video, the string-heavy group proves...
...they try desperately to be as defiant and rebellious as ever, but what emerges is a stale form of the eccentric garage punk they’ve produced in the past. However, when the band stops trying to force this sense of free-spiritedness and opts instead to write songs that actually show some form of inspiration, the appeal of their studio work can be found. The Atlanta-based Black Lips have adamantly defined their music as “flower punk,” implying a paradoxical combination of emotion and energy, but their fifth studio album is composed...
...Tight Knit” makes a conscious effort to progress beyond the delicate, relaxed sing-alongs of their freak-folk origins for a more exuberant tone and perky production. Since Vetiver’s first appearance on the national stage in 2004—when their song “Angel’s Share” kicked off the Devendra Banhart-curated compilation “Golden Apples of the Sun”—they have released three albums built along the same formula: subdued acoustic guitar folk well-rooted in the imagery...
...loan growth may also not be sustainable, as government concerns about rising nonperforming loans could lead to reduced lending in coming months. "Given the sharpness and severity of the recent slowdown, the recovery path is likely to be volatile as well," wrote Goldman Sachs economists Helen Qiao and Yu Song in a recent report. They're holding to their below-consensus 6% GDP-growth forecast...