Punk rock band Joyce Manor’s new album, “Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired,” sticks to the thrash punk roots that gained the band praise but minor experimentation successfully diversifies the group’s style.
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Joyce Manor’s “Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired” adds versatility to the punk rock band
Posted on 24 April 2012.
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Alabama Shakes’ “Boys and Girls” gives southern rock a comeback
Posted on 24 April 2012.
Southern rock has been on the back burner since the 1970s. But with Alabama Shakes’ success, it may be making a comeback.
Alabama Shakes’ new album, “Boys and Girls,” accentuates the soulful, bluesy aspects of southern rock while maintaining an electrifying rock and roll sound.
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“The Lucky One” entertains as romantic drama
Posted on 24 April 2012.
In the romantic drama genre, Nicholas Sparks is a veteran. For years, many of his novels have been adapted into successful films like “A Walk to Remember” and “The Notebook.”
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Editors Take: Production faults and bizarre sets, create hassle for festival go-ers
Posted on 24 April 2012.
Concert promoter Goldenvoice always finds a way to vitally screw up the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in some form. This year, Goldenvoice failed massively with its security lay-out, all but guaranteeing massive wait times for festival goers.
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Editors Take: Festival newcomers and sub-par weather dampen the Coachella experience
Posted on 24 April 2012.
Wanna-be rock stars, Kasabian, performed Saturday night (complete with lead-singer Tom Meighan in a trench coat). The group performed most of its hits, like “Fire” and “Reason Is Treason,” coupled with a serviceable light show. Still, the band cannot transcend the stupidity of its own material: ripping off the Stone Roses and Oasis wholesale-ly does not, in actuality, lead to good songs.
Andrew Bird is an incredibly talented musician, performing technically dense music plucking away on his violin. However, whether Bird writes entertaining songs or not is another matter entirely. The man has a tuneful voice, but many of his songs sound almost exactly the same, save for a particularly inspired take on Kermit the Frog’s “It’s Not Easy Being Green.”
The Weeknd, the pseudonym of R&B singer Abel Tesfaye, performed a highly anticipated set that is among their first performances ever. Tesfaye exhibits some stupefying vocal chops on The Weeknd’s three mixtapes, but he was unable to adjust to live performance and consistently ran out of breath. The Weeknd is renowned for his dense production, and his backing band simply could not compare to the records — overbearing base attempted to substitute for musical complexity.
Nature attempted to put a damper on festivities during Weekend one. Despite a week of warning, fans came unprepared and underdressed for the rain and cold — the first weather of this sort at any Coachella. The wind chilled crowds to the bone and forced the festival to lower its stages’ viewing screens, hampering the view of many.
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Editors Take: Coachella festival maintains influence in music world
Posted on 24 April 2012.
As always, the best part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is once again the music. This year’s incredibly diverse lineup satisfied fans of punk, indie and hip-hop.
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