Word: vocalisms
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...Later, in “Fingers in the Factories,” feedback-laden guitars charge along a simple, violent drumbeat, running together through harsh lyrics (think “dark satanic mills”) then crashing into a pounding chorus. As the album continues, however, the limited vocal range and thin instrumental palette leaves Editors sounding repetitive. Without the energy of “Munich,” dark and depressing songs like “Fall” become dangerously boring. The likewise ponderous “Camera” lacks any verve or compelling guitar hooks...
...such matters. “‘[J]udicial deference...is at its apogee’ when Congress legislates under its authority to raise and support armies,” Roberts wrote.Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62, Roberts’ former instructor and a vocal critic of the Bush administration’s interpretation of the Solomon Amendment, wrote in an e-mail yesterday that there was “no doubt” that “Congress could indeed enact a law compelling universities to allow military recruiters on campus...
...movie centers on Doug and Brenda’s survival, it turns gratuitously violent—and absolutely ridiculous. Buckets of blood are used and poor Ravin’s vocal chords must have suffered greatly from her constant on-screen screaming. Honestly, she shrieks louder than Neve Campbell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and all other horror heroines combined...
...concert, the band led the emotions of the audience up and down. Casablancas, known for his bizarre drunken stage mumbles and tendency to avoid eye contact with his audience, was reticent at times. As red lights shot up and down the stage, he gave an introverted but moving vocal performance in “12:51.” But soon enough, buoyed by the crowd, Casablancas abandoned his reserve and sang his heart and lungs out. In “Room on Fire,” he collapsed to his knees, screaming, “The night?...
...Case has arrived at her vocal and lyrical maturity via a meandering musical route, giving a handful of genres a try along the way. (That same route, by the way, could also make the Washington-State-raised Chicago resident eligible for a prize as Most Canadian Non-Canadian to Live Outside of Canada.) While at art school in Vancouver in the 1990s, Case played drums in a couple punk outfits. Her upbeat alter ego from those days still surfaces regularly when she sings with the New Pornographers, Vancouver's indie pop-rock supergroup. And Case has also been in cahoots...