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...leader of Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers, Carl “A.C.” Newman has been one of the most consistently inventive and thrilling songwriters of this decade. However, the peak of his career so far may well be his lesser-known 2004 solo record, “The Slow Wonder.” Featuring supremely catchy indie-pop stomps alongside more introspective tracks, it proved that Newman could write personal and meaningful music that didn’t simply fulfill the power-pop template so successfully adopted by The New Pornographers. The triumph...
...song about papayas: go ahead, they sang, touch it; it's a national product. During the economic crisis following the Soviet collapse, music was the one thing that held the island together, a common passion for both revolutionaries and reactionaries. The government understood its power; that's why supergroup La Charanga Habanera was banned for months in the '90s after using a military helicopter to drop the group onstage for a stripteasing, innuendo-filled concert on national TV. It was, someone clearly decided, too decadent, too American...
...Bowie's prime, of popular music's avant-gardist in chief. In the past few years, he's launched a cartoon hip-hop band (Gorillaz), an Afro-pop album (Mali Music) and a side project with a member of the Clash. All were slightly ridiculous (hip-hop, world music, supergroup--the hubristic rock star's triple crown) but well received, yet none can quite prepare you for Albarn's latest: Journey to the West, a "circus opera" based on a Ming-dynasty novel, with lyrics in Mandarin by Chinese actor Chen Shi-zheng. The protagonist is the wildly self-confident...
Music videos from everyone’s favorite Canadian indie supergroup used to involve drag queens, bulldozers, jerky dance moves, or David Cross cameos. Nothing so exciting drops by in this clip: Two kids (real-life couple Sam and Andrea from Brooklyn art punk band Courtier) sit on a dilapidated loveseat and gaze into each other’s eyes for a bit. She looks like she’s going to eat him; he blinks a lot. On-and-off ensemble member Neko Case perches wistfully on an antique chair and belts out to no one in particular, tapping...
...more experimental side, “Random Spirit Lover” is the place to find him. Krug, for the uninitiated, is not only keyboardist and vocalist for Sunset Rubdown, but a creative force behind Wolf Parade as well as a member of both Frog Eyes and Canadian indie supergroup Swan Lake. Krug’s credentials have undoubtedly attracted attention to Sunset Rubdown’s third LP in as many years; they’ve also set up extremely high expectations. While “Random Spirit Lover” is a valiant attempt to live...