Word: throwbacks
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...reaction to too much technology and information. "I think we've lost the human touch a bit in fashion," says Ford, "I go into stores, and there's nobody to help me. I get recorded voices on the end of the phone. I see this as a throwback to something that we have lost...
...bought the March issue of Cosmopolitan. Whenever I pick up a copy of Cosmo, my immediate impulse is to pull the magazine close to my chest and to look around to check that no one I know is present to witness the act. This reaction must be a throwback to the grocery store checkout lines of my youth in which my gaze at the magazine’s dirty cover was liable to ignite a rant from whatever adult I was with on the decline of modern society...
...debut, but there was confusion: was this new wave or post pop? Was Maxïmo closer to Franzia or the Futureheads? The band posed aggressively in publicity photos but oozed modesty in interviews. Ultimately, their pop punk fell between the established polarities for an acceptable post-millennium 80s throwback British band. Now they’re back, and the video for “Our Velocity,” the single from upcoming LP “Our Earthly Pleasures,” begins dazed and ends dumbfounded. The first shot is upside down. The camera rights itself before...
...course, the issue of conforming attire to social norms is not strictly relegated to the black community. Pulitzer Prize-winning black fashion journalist Robin Givhan of The Washington Post likened the family of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to a 1950s throwback because of their uninspired, pastel attire during his appointment. But the imposition of mainstream style is particularly pointed for the black image, because it isn’t simply a matter of picking out a different color shirt—it sometimes counters not only what is deeply cultural, but also natural. In the case of hair...
...case in point. Pitching up and down like a creaky fin de siècle roller coaster, the rollicking Daniel Johnston cover exemplifies Ward’s newfound balancing act. Offsetting the pounding drums, which swell repeatedly to (almost) fist-pump-inducing crescendos, Ward’s throwback vocal style, with support from singer Neko Case, reminds listeners of older, gentler, “pre-war” tunes. The three songs that follow the title track on this single release are good, too—but not great. Apparently, on a tiny release like this, listeners miss...