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...most famous connection between pop music and ancient megaliths is Stonehenge, the heavy - metal ode to the Druids by the spoof band Spinal Tap. But in real life, the key connection is Julian Cope, the rocker turned author and mythographer who makes his home near the 5,000 - year - old circle of standing stones at Avebury in Wiltshire, England. "I've been traveling for 13 years just looking at stones," says Cope, once the frontman for postpunk stars the Teardrop Explodes. "To understand them is to understand a way of thinking that goes back at least 6,000 years. They...
Thile, the one-time teenage wunderkind mandolinist and current driving force behind progressive pop-newgrass group Nickel Creek, is almost certainly the most virtuosic mandolinist in the entire modern American roots scene, earning comparisons to David Grisman and other similarly luminary pickers. Especially on Not All Who Wander Are Lost, Thile’s 2001 solo album made with the help of such respected musicians as Bela Fleck and Jerry Douglas, listeners were captivated by the mesmeric and natural quality of the tracks. However, Thile’s greatest strength—his mandolin chops—are far less...
Both the tone and execution of this album are markedly less new- and jam-grass focused than previously. Instead, this sensibility has been replaced by a considerably more mainstream rock and pop feel that is much less enthralling. It would have been nice to see Thile continue to host other well-known and respected on his solo albums; there’s a kind of team sensibility that goes with good musicians jamming that is absent from this disc. In the end, this is not a bad album, but it fails to excite the way Thile’s previous...
...first four: sharp hooks, relentless energy and excellent songwriting. Though there’s little innovation here, Leo manages once again to fill his sound with such sweet guitar tone that the listener is hooked from the outset. Few artists today aim for this kind of warm power-pop, and Leo shows himself as a songwriter still willing to rock out. As in all his work, such as his pre-Rx group Chisel, he shows himself as a teeth-clenched, pretension-free workhorse of indie rock. Shake the Sheets is another album from an artist who has perfected his unique...
...this band were most recently praised by Jack Johnson during a performance on the Jack Johnson, G. Love, Donovan concert tour circuit. If you like to listen to just about every kind of music—from rap and hip hop to blues and roots music to rock and pop, you are sure to enjoy this avant-garde blend of hip hop and soft rock. Think of the Dido—Eminem, Jay-Z-Beatles (The Grey Album), or Ben Harper and other acoustic rock rhythms mingling with modern rap, and enjoy...