Chasing the Zeitgeist
What happens when an artist loses all relevance? When a band is no longer the voice of a generation?
Ben Yakas
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Presidents of the USA headline SpringFest
While football-throwing, frisbee-catching and beer-drinking might've best characterized a sun-soaked Great Lawn Saturday afternoon, the annual SpringFest-which featured an eclectic lineup of national acts and campus bands-delighted a mid-sized crowd in what was perhaps students' last chance to enjoy the outdoors before the onslaught of finals arrives.
Don't push play: the ethics of the leaked album
When I first heard news of a forthcoming Beck album, I couldn't help but speculate about how the famously chameleon-like rocker would transform himself next.
U2's latest a dud
I am sick of Bono. It's true, he's done a lot of really great things in the past ten years, including bringing attention to third world debt and the AIDS crises in Africa.
Rose hosts a reading of poetry
Poetry readings are largely hit-and-miss affairs; some of the classic great poets have proved to be the worst readers of poetry.
Acting, directing in 'Sideways' is a cinematic tour de force
"My life so far has been like a thumbprint on a skyscraper," says Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti, Paycheck), protagonist of the exquisite new Alexander Payne film, Sideways.
Luna one of rock's most consistent acts
I've come to the theory that one of the best ways one can tell whether a band's live performance hints at its overall quality is by watching the band's sound levels.
Pavement re-releases 'Crooked Rain'
"Silence Kit," the first song on Pavement's second album, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, begins with a blast of feedback and an assortment of drum breakdowns, some wah-wah guitar and rough bass noodlings; it is, overall, a meandering that gives the impression that the band had no idea what song they were trying to play.
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