Word: underground
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...Northwest building will be located on Oxford Street and will contain research laboratories for an estimated 30 faculty members from various disciplines including biophysics, neuroscience, and bioengineering. The building will total 210,000 square feet above ground and another 260,000 square feet underground...
...listen hard enough, M83’s new album sparkles a little darker than their last, a sound forged from a glaze of tragedy and a dusting of sadism. Before The Dawn Heals Us, the band’s follow-up to the 2003 underground hit Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, should send a shudder of excitement through an ever-growing audience hungry for electronica with a heart. Once a two-man collaboration, M83 has been trimmed down to just Anthony Gonzalez, a burgeoning artist with an ear for the perfect emotive beat and an eye for innovation...
...Disintegration-era Cure); the rocksteady exuberance of “Casa Nova” is really the only stylistic surprise on an album of mostly sparse arrangements. It is Todd’s voice instead that ultimately carries the album: a husky, singular tone reminiscent of legendary Velvet Underground collaborator Nico, whom she openly acknowledges as an inspiration...
...Brooklyn-based duo, recording fuzzy, repetitive psych-folk that sounds like it’s made to be sung and strummed by a slightly stoned campfire. Need a hint? The band is named after a large, hibernatory forest dweller. Those who paid close attention to 2004’s underground hype would probably buzz in within picoseconds. “This is obviously another spinoff from Animal Collective—the critically-acclaimed two-piece that dominated the ’04 with long-player Sung Tongs and a solo debut from member Panda Bear. Next question, please...
...underground expanse of Loker Commons has failed to attract crowds ever since its renovation in 1992, and the idea of putting the eerily empty and neon-enhanced space of to better use during the weekends is not a new one. Of the many attempts to invigorate Loker, though, none have enjoyed any sort of real success, and most have been rather dismal failures. This past fall’s freshman “second chance dance” stands out as a particularly good example of what happens when event planning in Loker goes awry: slim crowds, an excessive amount...