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...Easy Does It” kicks these jangly sleigh bells, gently strummed acoustic guitars, and heavenly harp right off a cliff to good effect. The possessed drums and guitars spar in a spastic soloing bout, while Thom Yorke’s bastard child croons a siren’s song to the wild things...
...Fire Fire” catches the band at a lull, with carefully articulated guitar and foot-tapping drum rhythms working towards a flurry into post-hardcore virtuosity reminiscent of a relaxed Fugazi. That is, until the vocals jump back in halfway through and take the entire song down a deranged stream of consciousness (including sing-spat references to “the nape of my neck” and “my nipple and breast”) ending in yet another clash between the rhythm and lead sections...
...various legacies of their Chicago post-rock predecessors (from mathy Shellac flourishes to Tortoise ambience), “Pulling My Face In And Out of Distortion, I Blink Too Much” lets the credits roll on “Beautiful Seizure” in a fittingly demented sing-song fashion. Guitars roll downstream with a twang of finality, as trumpets sound the band’s exit with gusto...
...year-old Madge brings another, deeper religion to the forefront: Disco. “Confessions” is a sweaty journey through a packed dancehall, with nary a ballad to be found. In her refreshingly bold “Non-Stop Mix,” the dozen songs overlap one another like a DJ starter pack scientifically formulated to simulate the club experience. Upon listening, you can almost feel the bodies rubbing against each other in a disco ball glow. While her recent work has focused on her politics and the “bigger” questions...
...egocentric band”—with a lead singer who cares only about himself—to an authoritarian regime, the students said. The study group ended on an amusing but sour note when a Parrot Head from the audience requested that Buffett play a song. When Buffett tried to tune the fan’s child-sized guitar, one of the strings snapped. “We were all sad,” says Daren S. Stanaway ’07. “He said if he’d known that we wanted...