Word: sonic
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...title song, improved from the great old 1967 bootleg thanks to Neil Young, and also excellent in the Sonic Youth version. Come to think of it, the music in general...
...When you read [his poems] as a female, in the wrong tenor, you feel you are betraying [their] sonic quality,” she said...
...looking, even better today than it did 40 years ago: the tube amplifier. Although almost made extinct in the 1970s by cheaper transistor-based amps, vacuum tubes (also known as valves) are back in the mix for a growing number of high-end audio companies. This isn't just sonic nostalgia: audiophiles have long claimed that tubes pump out warmer, smoother sounds - a result of the low-level distortion that tubes generate - than transistors. If your music goes down these tubes, it's guaranteed to amplify your listening pleasure...
...Cocoon 4 Roth Audio's Music Cocoon 4 ($800) is a powered-up iPod dock that adds depth to digital recordings. But steer clear of audio files that have been highly compressed; even the best tubes can't recover all the sonic details lost in that process. www.rothaudio.co.uk...
...there in the early ‘90s. Fugazi, with its playfully militant clatterings, are clearly a big influence. On “Emergency & I,” the D.C. area’s noisy, slightly self-righteous sound is tempered by relentless, self-deprecating irony and graceful, charismatic sonic power. “Spider in the Snow”—you’re the spider, by the way—best embodies the album’s alienated tone. As the band disinterestedly shifts from lazy funk to Radiohead’s electronic quaver, Morrison?...