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We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank»rank: 4411par: Modest Mouse
Chroniques et points de vue: :Their last album may have given them a certifiable radio hit, airtime on VH1, and a Kidz Bop tribute, but listening to the follow-up to 2004's Good News for People Who Love Bad News, you might get the sense that the members of Modest Mouse are flinching at the spotlight. We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, the 0regon group's fifth full-length release, is denser than its predecessor with tunes that seem willfully harder to ... |
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Funeral»rank: 1007par: Arcade Fire
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'Wake Up,' a track from the debut full-length by Montreal's Arcade Fire, builds from a midtempo strum into a 'You Can't Hurry Love' gallop, which singer Win Butler interrupts with a yell: 'You better look out below!' Somehow, none of this hits the ear as overemotional. Throughout Funeral, the band augments its five-piece lineup with string sections, weaving near-cinematic, folk-influenced chamber pop that slots in somewhere between Belle and Sebastian's delicacy and the robust classicism ... |
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Wincing The Night Away»rank: 5281par: Shins
Chroniques et points de vue: :lndie-rock's hardest-working slackers finally release their third album, on which they've made the clear transition from bedroom-pop to stadium-rock without losing everything that makes them great. Those soaring vocals that sound like the unholiest collision of the Cure and Simon and Garfunkel, the nimble pop hooks that are never overused, those lyrics that are as self-deprecating and razor sharp as they are playful--dude, it's all still here. Relax, you can still swoon. Musically, there are some ... |
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A Weekend in the City»rank: 3874par: Bloc Party
Chroniques et points de vue: :Bloc Party may have arrived in an outbreak of like-minded British bands set upon shooting holes in the Union Jack while knocking out a sharp post-punk soundtrack, but it didn't take long for the foursome to set itself apart from the pack. Fronted by Nigerian-born singer Kele 0kereke, the group's 2005 debut, Silent Alarm, soared as much on crystal ambition as it did on ridiculously danceable pop melodies. This follow-up is darker, more cluttered, and harder ... |
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Icky Thump»rank: 2274par: the White Stripes
Chroniques et points de vue: :Bagpipes, a song written as the soundtrack to a Michel Gondry music video, Patti Page's musical shadow, and Jack and Meg co-narrating a scavenger's rummages: lt must be time for lcky Thump, the many-flavored riposte to 2006's Get Behind Me Satan. The duo starts big with the title track--Jack's fast-tumbling, falsetto-tinged lyrics jagging on hyper keyboard-sounding segues and Meg's pounding drums. They rarely shy from an idea, invoking acoustic Bob Dylan to frame '300 M.P.H. Torrential ... |
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Crane Wife»rank: 4912par: Decemberists
Chroniques et points de vue: :Capitol raised a few eyebrows when they signed indie stalwarts the Decemberists. There's nothing blatantly commercial about the Portland quintet, from Colin Meloy's quavery voice and hyper-literate lyrics to the band's wide-ranging music, which encompasses baroque pop, prog rock, and dozens of other styles. Then again, he did once sing, 'l was made for the stage,' and those who've seen the group live know this to be true. Sure, they're storytellers, but they're entertainers, too--just not ... |
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Sound Of Silver»rank: 1600par: Lcd Soundsystem
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Two years after LCD Soundsystem's eponymous full-length debut sent indie scenesters rushing to the dancefloor, the outfit headed by dance-rock producer James Murphy serves up another stiff cocktail of punk, dance, and funk with Sound of Silver. Analog synths, chugging basslines, chunky guitars, and Murphy's wild falsetto excursions are once again the foundation to which is added the new and strange, such as the heavily chorused voices that suggest backward-masking in the opener 'Get lnnocuous' ... |
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Our Love To Admire»rank: 3544par: Interpol
Chroniques et points de vue: :Moving up to a major label has hardly lifted lnterpol's spirits. This is a good thing. Even with the twisted Wild Kingdom album cover and bassist Carlos Dengler's unexpected Wild West makeover, on its third studio album the black-clad New York quartet still sounds inflexibly menacing, grasping tighter than ever to its doomy post-punk influences and delving further into frontman Paul Banks's emotional unrest. Everything sounds a little bigger and brighter, sure, but at their core ... |
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Sky Blue Sky»rank: 6578par: Wilco
Chroniques et points de vue:From : After their wild experimental streak of the past decade, Wilco's sixth studio album might feel like a bit of a comedown. Sky Blue Sky is mellow, moody, and uncharacteristically monotone, opening with a pleasant jangle and Jeff Tweedy singing a simple song: 'Maybe the sun will shine today, the clouds will blow away.' He doesn't even follow it up with a barbed punchline. Could it be that the restless Chicago band has settled back ... |
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Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga»rank: 5345par: Spoon
Chroniques et points de vue: :Something happened to Spoon between records five and six--they got big. lt's not as if these unprepossessing Texans were unpopular before, but after Gimme Fiction, their music was everywhere. There was Britt Daniel, who has since moved to 0regon, singing karaoke on cult favorite Veronica Mars, there was his soundtrack for deadpan Will Ferrell vehicle Stranger Than Fiction, and then there were the countless times their tunes, especially 2002's 'The Way We Get By,' appeared in ... |