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...brim with a cacophony of boisterous horns, disco bass lines, and supercharged snare hits. If 2004’s “Good News for People Who Love Bad News” proved anything, it was that Brock had enough genius to turn a shambling mess into a successful pop album. The lonely twang of early Modest Mouse songs may have been traded in for a gigantic layer of schmaltz and glittery hooks, but the band’s even more fatalistic than ever. Brock has described the album as a “nautical balalaika carnival romp...
...longer much of a cultural touchstone. Redman sounds dated this time out, struggling for relevance on an album that would have sounded much better had it dropped a decade ago. On opening track “Fire,” the Doc digs deep into his bag of pop culture tricks from yesteryear: “It’s like your Black Hawk Down, I blast like a skinny / Roll up to the jam and party like Little Penny!” Little Penny? Really? It’s when he remains timeless that he?...
...over as a teen: they were great then, but you now wonder why you ever made such a fuss. Fans of Leo will be comfortable with the sound on many of the tracks, which present a recognizable blend of punk, ska, folk, R&B and rock through his usual pop filter. The ease and confidence with which the band plays is immediately apparent, though ultimately points to a much larger problem: Leo has, either with the Pharmacists or previous outfits, made this album before. The upbeat, four-minute tracks that once drove his records are now thoroughly unoriginal...
...shriek.” And sometimes they do just that on their full-length debut “Myths of the Near Future.” The Klaxons are all about creating a fresh sound. While essentially a rock band, elements of both dance and pop music inflect their work. Songs such as “Atlantis to Interzone” and “Forgotten Works” feature repetitious, heavily rhythmic sections and infectious dance beats provided by live guitar and drum work, all reminiscent of techno and rave. Yet on songs like “Golden Skans?...
...with pretension and snarky comments, people showing off what they know and pretending to know more than they do.Books can provide entrance into cultured circles the same way obscure bands can help you be a hipster or knowledge of Britney’s disdain for underwear can establish your pop culture credentials. Perhaps the best lesson to take from Bayard is not how to bullshit, but rather how to read in a world where everyone is bullshitting. —Staff writer Madeline K.B. Ross can be reached at mross@fas.harvard.edu...