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...Panic” is the most promising for a much-needed top-40 single, with a catchy beat and surprisingly appealing vocal layering. Still, “Panic” is held back—as are all the tracks—by an overproduced, synthesized sound. This highly manufactured style may have worked in the mid-nineties at the height of their popularity, but it just feels bogus and dated in 2007. “One in a Million” epitomizes the corny sound that dominates “Unbreakable.” AJ’s drawled...
...demographic of followers. Each track seems acutely aware of this pressure. “Blackout” is a coherent attack on the paparazzi, media, and K-Fed. Spears displays a concerted self-confidence that imbues the album with intensity and energy. Most tracks have a heavily electronic sound, but are more substantial than earlier efforts by Spears. The listener is rewarded with a wide range of beats and vocal retouching that represent significant growth on the part of Spears—or at least the album’s most prolific producer, Timbaland protégé Danja...
...moniker of DJ Radius), says that a singular event like this, while a positive step, is not enough to jumpstart live music at Harvard alone: “The student body wants small events to happen with relative frequency,” she says.The Pub, with its performance stage, sound system, and proximity to the same equipment that has allowed WHRB to broadcast performances from Sanders Theatre, is ideal for small concerts featuring Harvard’s musically-inclined. It also has the potential to draw significant crowds, with its food and drink serving as an added incentive to attending...
...stiff-limbed undergraduates would risk resembling a scene from a Christopher Guest movie.“We have to rehearse differently with the singers,” explains stage director Catherine E. Powell ’08. “They have to think more about actually producing the sound. They’re not used to the choreography.”But in the world of early music, with a baroque repertoire from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, teaching singers to dance is a relatively minor challenge.A more formidable test for the production might be the script...
...Saeglópur” and “Popplagið.”Though about half of “Hvarf-Heim” is outstanding, the other tracks seem basically pointless. Reworked versions of “Samskeyti” and “Vaka” sound relatively unchanged from their original form, and the two new versions of “Von” have little purpose.Those expecting the next seminal Sigur Rós album will have to look past “Hvarf-Heim” and wait patiently. Fortunately, the band has already...