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...Sacco gives us the history of these morally ambiguous warlords who he describes as "military pop idols." While defending the city they confiscate storehouses, evict Muslims from their homes, conscript citizens by gunpoint and are eventually implicated in massacres and "ethnic cleansing." Neven adds his own story to these, like the time he shot an enemy through his gun holster while falling backwards. Or did he? Sacco parallels his increasing doubts about the authenticity of Neven's tales while getting deeper into the warlord's atrocities. By the end, "The Fixer" becomes as much about the haziness and relative importance...
Since their formation, the group has released four major studio albums, leading up to 2003’s Keep It Together. The first three albums have been described as “acoustic pop,” with Gardner and Miller on guitar and Rosenworcel on a variety of hand drums, mainly bongos and congas...
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...tracks like “So Says I” and “Turn a Square,” the Shins use electric and acoustic guitar, drums and sometimes keyboard in classic pop rhythms and catchy hooks which bring merit to the Beach Boys comparisons. Though this certainly shows the band is capable of stylistic evolution, it’s the more soothing tracks which showcase not only the best musical moments on the album, but lyrical development as well...
...never my intention; but by the time I had realized it, it was too late to do anything about it, if there ever was anything that could be done. Personally, I think it may be genetic—an inbuilt allergy to supremely forgettable songs. An untrammeled enjoyment of pop music requires the ability to stop bad songs at the eardrum without letting them into the interior brain circuitry to gunk things up with sticky clich?...