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...This is Paul Harvey." That clarion Midwestern voice was its own time machine; it carried listeners back to radio days of yore, when a distinctive vocal performance was as important as good looks are in TV news today. The opinions Harvey expressed were old-fashioned as well: politically and socially conservative, the musings of a grandpa who's seen it all - or, as he put it, "In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these." It is hardly an exaggeration to say that when Harvey died at 90, on Saturday, at his winter...
...mature songwriting talents.From the start, “The Planets are Blasted” fulfills this promise of direct rock music. Opener “Canned Food Demons” layers compelling riffs on top of each other, building up to a rousing chorus featuring a brilliantly restrained vocal performance from Pollard. He clearly knows how to use his voice to hook in the listener but never shows it off, deferring to the merits of the songs rather than indulging himself.Later songs like “Keep Me Down” and “UFO Love Letters?...
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Ashton B. Carter was named the U.S. military’s chief weapons buyer by President Barack Obama on Monday. Carter—who is co-director of the Preventive Defense Project—has been a vocal critic of the Pentagon for purchasing what he deems to be unnecessary weapons and has called for greater alignment between military strategy and spending. Carter was originally scheduled to teach the class “American National Security Policy” at the Kennedy School this spring, but he joins the growing list of Harvard professors who have...
...would be difficult to emphasize lyrics when the musical space Molina creates is so heavily saturated with an array of eclectic sounds. The singer plays guitar and several keyboards, running the sounds through a pedal to loop one instrument over the next and layering synthesized percussive elements and vocal harmonies on top of everything. Though Molina is traditionally a solo act, this U.S. tour features the singer’s trio, which includes a bassist and drummer to develop the lower registers of Molina’s songs, balancing her breathy, ethereal voice. “My goal...
...Down from Above”—that would fit anywhere in Vetiver’s canon, the new bearings manifest in “Tight Knit” seem to owe more to the rhythm and crunchy horns of sixties funk and the melodies and vocal style of nineties indie pop than to the Americana and “Naturalismo” of previous recordings. The problem is that no matter how attractive and enjoyable these songs are to listen to, they have lost part of the distinctive character that made Vetiver unique. With “Tight...