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...Come Down On Me,” the album’s best track and almost a stand-out anthem, perhaps does the best job of this, perfectly capturing the Reagan years’ excess, pride, and belief in the future through a constantly moving synth line with periodic booms from lower registers...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NEW MUSIC: '64-'95 | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...don’t disagree that Oasis’ albums are well-produced, but better produced (or with a better music video) than “Coffee and TV”? When Blur wants to shoot for that sound, as on this stand-out, they succeed with flying colors. But, for the most part, this isn’t what they’re after—rather than accept themselves as heirs of British rock, they explore just what it means to be a British rocker, and even just to be British, and these level of inquiry and musical...

Author: By Drew C. Ashwood and Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The Drawn-Out Battle of the '90s Brit-Pop Superstars | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...house roared and to overwhelming approval the band went into its encore, the classic Jimmy Health tune “CTA,” which the band covers on their Paint the World album. Starting with a massive drum solo, the tune developed into a superb rendition with stand-out solos all around. Corea, donning his signature KX5 synth (a mini-keyboard worn like a guitar) stood center stage with the band and played away with a smiling youthful glow...

Author: By James F. Collins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Elektric Band and Chick Corea Resynergize | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

...fitting as any hedonistic hippie anthem. Over a repeated synth line and low, jazzy percussion, Ryder maps out the loose-fit aesthetic and the ethos of the accompanying rave scene as the album shifts to depictions of the loosely-fit’s high life, with the buoyancy of stand-out “Dennis and Lois” countered by the sultry cool of “Bob’s Yer Uncle...

Author: By William B. Higgins and Chris A. Kukstis, THE DOPPELGANGERS? DUELS | Title: Dipping into the Drug Album Stash | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

Soon enough, Clearlake takes the stage for their sound check. Bantering back and forth and with their mixer about relative volume and tone problems, they perform snippets of their blooming catalog. Several of the stand-out tracks from Cedars tease the ear—blissful harmonies, swirling distortion...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clearlake Flashes Its British Charm | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

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