Sonic Bacchanalia: Animal Collective Live in Berlin
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“George Bush Leave This World Alone”: Pearl Jam censored by AT&T
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The video was taken a few days ago at the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago, with Eddie Vedder extending “Daughter” with part of “Another Brick in the Wall” from Pink Floyd, during which the following lines were sung: “George Bush leave this world alone. George Bush leave this world alone. George Bush find yourself another home.”
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Arcade Fire: Neon Bible - Album Review
After Bloc Party’s rather lukewarm, uninspiring sophomore album last month, I awaited Arcade Fire’s follow-up to their stunning debut funeral with apprehensive anticipation. Making a second album after a critically acclaimed first has never been easy: bands are under pressure to “mature”, and at the same time still deliver whatever it was that drew the fans to listen in the first round. The curse of sophomore slump often leaves artists either trying too hard to prove or doing nothing to improve. Take the latest release from BP for example, A weekend in the city finds Kele Okereke crooning instead of roaring, the melody dictating the rhythm instead of the other way around, and the unbridled energy of Bloc Party smothered by cloying grandeur of a post-Achtung-Baby U2. Blame it on Jacknife Lee I guess. keep reading… »
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Joanna Newsom: Ys - Album Review
When “Dancer in the Dark” saw the light of day in 1999, it drew as much ardent applause as trenchant vitriol. Devotees hailed the emotionally charged social commentary and its experimental realism, while disparagers hissed at the fatalistic sentimentality and its dubious provocation. Despite the polarizing views, two things the critics did agree upon: Björk delivered a memorable performance, and this is probably one of those love-it-or-hate-its with nothing in between. My reaction to the film was of torn ambivalence: the urgency of story seems genuine but vicious and vengeful; the condemnation may well be justified but the sneering is almost callous to the point of distraction. I remember having left the movie theater with eyes red, and a bemused resentment of Von Trier’s unmitigated manipulation.
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