Word: vibes
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Rocking the stage in formal suits, ties, vests, (and one beanie) Interpol sleekly managed to attain the impossible: a calm vibe in a sparkling atmosphere. Basking in the shade of their backstage multicolor spotlights Paul Banks’ rich voice became a static shadow glued to center stage, Sam Fogarino’s brilliant percussion a shimmer of cymbals, and Carlos D.’s bass a rock of rhythm...
...vibe inside the store matches its mission, and on a normal day, despite the fact that the cash register towers over the racks from atop a raised platform, the employees treat their customers like friends. It’s a local music scene with none of the usual pretension of the “underground”—a collective of fans and musicians who love hip hop more than just about anything else...
...used to describe a career of under three years) raspy and understated style. The distorted guitar in “Evening on the Ground” and the slick bass line of “Freedom Hangs Like Heaven” lend these songs a simply bad-ass vibe. Packing a punch and a twang, these songs may cause dancing, foot tapping and other reactions not normally associated with the band’s previous efforts...
It’s not blindingly original music, to be sure. Some of the songs played could pass for innovative pastiches of several recent 80s-inflected rockers. But Longwave never sounded stale or tired, with melodic strength and dead-on chops that belied their eager, easygoing vibe...
...diabolical, to spaced-out rock—the Queens of the Stone Age in fast forward with a sprinkling of stadium-sized riffs that would make Eddie Van Halen proud. The frantic, fervent horns still make opportune appearances throughout the proceedings, assisting the rollercoaster-through-the-underworld vibe ably and even veering into jazz-style improvisations at some points...