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Thankfully, Legrand and Scally haven't. The great musical innovators notwithstanding, it's generally disastrous to effect a radical stylistic shift. (I know there are hard-core defenders of U2's electro-experiment album Pop out there somewhere ... but they're wrong.) No, the key is change and more of the same. So while Legrand's voice, easily one of the most beguiling ones in rock today, has until now been weighed down by the band's reverb-heavy atmosphere, Teen Dream simply lightens the load. The results, as on "Lover of Mine," are vocals that soar with joy while...
...U2 closed with an endearing mess of a set. Mick Jagger skittered across the stage but failed to set it alight on "Gimme Shelter," and the less said of U2's duet with the Black Eyed Peas, the better. What was lovable was Bono's willingness to make a go of it on a rousing "Because the Night" with Patti Smith and Springsteen. But in the end, it was less a great concert than a concert of greats...
...Young Blood” also stands out as an example of a successful experiment; Jones balances heavier electronics with a simple drumbeat. The powerful melody, hearkening back to the best of U2 or Coldplay, is refreshing for a jazz vocalist, but it’s hard not to wonder if Jones could do the song better in her own acoustic way. The same goes for “Light as a Feather,” which comes off as a compelling tune with a worrying background whine...
...band of pop-punk troubadours have been quietly establishing Dashboard Confessional as one of the decade’s most consistent alternative rock bands. Saddled with the much-overused “emo” stigma, Carrabba’s music—combining the heartfelt, earnest lyrics of U2 and late R.E.M. with the gift for swelling, melodic pop hooks of ’90s bands such as the Goo Goo Dolls and Gin Blossoms—surpasses the restrictions of any disparaging genre classification...
Only by the Night is more polished than Kings of Leon's previous work; it sounds like a band trying to fill stadiums, which happens to a lot of groups after stints opening for U2. But the Kings' mix of silly sex and deathly seriousness remains front and center, offering itself up to be mocked and--just often enough to make them interesting--believed...