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Folds played a fantastic concert last summer with Rufus Wainwright and Guster in New York’s Central Park. The singer-songwriter consistently engaged his audience from behind the keys, at times conducting them to hum the orchestral parts missing during his performances of old Five songs. But there’s nothing engaging, and certainly nothing to sing along with, on Super D, which only includes three Folds originals. Instead, the ever-innovative pianist tries his hands at addressing the demand for a metal piano arrangement of the Darkness’s “Get Your Hands...
...Even the most devout fans of Folds should pass up this disc and wait for the dork-chic piano man to offer up something more substantive. Those who purchase the EP will forget its melodies and instead find themselves singing along with Whatever’s “Song for the Dumped”: “Give me my money back, you bitch...
This time of year politics is everywhere. A group of congressional staffers turned songwriters, Capitol Steps take that to heart, using politics as material and putting it to Ella Fitzgerald or a pop number. Song titles include “Fakey Purple Heart” and “Edwards vs. Cheney”. Tickets $30, $27, 22. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222. 8:30 p.m. Sanders Theatre...
After brushing the mainstream with Transatlanticism and song appearances on The O.C., the road-warriors of Death Cab for Cutie stop in for a show on Lansdowne Street. The bat-swinging neighbors across the street will either be in New York or done for the season, so expect the band’s melancholic strands to jive well with the surroundings. Matador rockers Pretty Girls Make Graves open, so get there early. $17.50. All ages. Avalon Night Club, 15 Lansdowne St., Boston...
Cornell’s troupe depicted the influence of the West on Eastern culture through a dance story about hunters stalking deer through the forest. The Cornell dancers donned berets and shifted their music from Indian song to the sounds of the Black Eyed Peas and Janet Jackson, integrating Western style with their traditional forms as the spirits of the story’s deer rose up with increased vitality after the hunters’ ravage...