Word: songwritingã
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...everything,” over a generic, messy background of drums and guitar. Casablancas holds to the false impression on “Phrazes” that a fast tempo alone always conveys a sense of urgency or energy. He fell victim to similar problems on his later Strokes songwriting??think “Juicebox”—and has failed to correct such issues. “Brakelights” does not offer any compelling musical ideas with the exception of a breakdown with computer-generated blips reminiscent of the Super Mario Bros. soundtrack...
...though college audiences often want them—but they make up for it with energetic, well-crafted originals and enough improvisation to sate the average hippie.Taking the Holyoke Center stage this Sunday at 3 p.m. , Major Major— with its dueling guitars, Latin-tinged jams, and nuanced songwriting??is sure to please almost any audience: don’t miss them. So Long PrincessAnd then there’s So Long Princess, Harvard’s ever popular (and perhaps the world’s only) “Star Wars” tribute band. Lead...
...polish—a record replete with first takes, proudly flaunting its loose threads, winning on grit and charisma. The extreme optimist might hope that the commercial success these two legends found by committing themselves to old-fashioned, long-forgotten things—like, say, personality and good songwriting??will inspire record labels to demand higher artistic standards in their other acts. And lest we forget, 2004 also had lots of great rap albums. Madvillain, the brainchild of emcee MF Doom and producer Madlib, broke out of the underground with a relentlessly unique Lo-Fi collaboration. The absurdly...