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(12/11/09 6:00am)
Of course, a lot of bands released great albums in the 2000s,
and TV on the Radio certainly is one of them. They released 3.5
albums during the decade to increasing popular and critical
success, and the content of those 3.5 albums is almost ceaselessly
creative, sometimes seeming as if they've assimilated the entirety
of music to formulate their own pot-clanging, jury-rigged
harmonies. From rock 'n' roll to doo wop, electronic and post-punk,
they produce a synthesis that feels often gauzy but precise,
electronic but warm and ambitious but still natural. They are one
of the most unique, interesting and potent bands currently making
music, and have been since their debut 2003 EP (Young
Liars).
(09/10/03 6:00am)
A couple times a year, the British populace-for the most part a
stoic, bemused, somewhat cranky lot-suddenly lose their heads over
a hot new rock 'n' roll band. Some are deserving, like the Strokes
or the White Stripes, but the majority of the hyped bands do not
deserve a cup to spit in.
(04/01/03 6:00am)
Hipsters are everywhere. At the coffee shop, wearing large
headphones and reading Martin Amis. At a dive bar, drinking
ironically, cradling their cans of Pabst.
(03/07/03 6:00am)
(11/15/02 6:00am)
Beth Orton could easily sound awful. Her genre-jumping mix of
folk, electronica, jazz and more could fail on a number of levels,
but it almost never does, allowing her to spin affecting,
melancholy songs that rarely miss the mark. She first gained
attention in the electronic sphere, collaborating with William
Orbit and providing the vocals on the Chemical Brothers track
\Alive: Alone."" She soon struck out on a solo career and gained
heavy critical praise with her debut, Trailer Park, and the
remarkably assured sophomore album, Central Reservation.
(11/07/02 6:00am)
Besides Pavement, no band from the early '90s was more essential
than (Smog) in ushering in the lo-fi sound that dominated the era.
Essentially comprised of lead singer/guitarist Bill Callahan and a
rotating group of backing musicians, (Smog) recorded their first
three albums'including the classic Julius Caesar'in the confines of
their own home. As the '90s grew older, Callahan grew up,
collaborated with producer Jim O'Rourke and expanded his sound to a
more lush and full experience.
(11/05/02 6:00am)
Walter Murch has played a key role in many of the most
celebrated movies of the past 30 years, including two \Godfather""
movies, ""The English Patient"" and ""Apocalypse Now,"" and is
considered the very best in his field.
(10/25/02 6:00am)
(10/09/02 6:00am)
OK Go is the next big thing. Armed with a single all over MTV2
(\Get Over It""), they are about to become inescapable, due in no
small part to an immense marketing push from Capitol Records.
Unfortunately, like their labelmates the Vines, they don't really
follow through on all the hype. Similar to the Vines, OK Go's
self-titled debut has one or two catchy songs but falls short as a
cogent album, a victim of it's own bombast and self-consciousness.
They appear at the Annex, 1406 Regent St., in an early show Friday
night, though, and perhaps their live show will succeed where their
album fails. Cardinal Arts sat down with lead singer and songwriter
Damian Kulash and provided a chance for him to defend
himself.
(10/08/02 6:00am)
Before the first game of the American League Championship Series
even starts, the battle begins over a slightly more trivial matter:
who will wear the label of the underdog over the course of the next
set of games.
(10/02/02 6:00am)
The last significant revolution in country music was Buck Owens'
outlaw rockabilly sound of the '60s. Since then, country has gone
nowhere but pop, as the Dixie Chicks or Shania Twain rule the
charts, leading to a succession of increasingly generic sounds
emanating from Nashville record studios. Improbably, though, every
once in a while an artist takes the conventional components of
country and makes them sound fresh. Gram Parsons did it, Dwight
Yoakam did it and with her debut release Bramble Rose, Tift Merritt
has done it as well.
(06/06/02 6:00am)
It's official: The rock revival has set upon the unsuspecting
music populace, teeth baring and guitars scorching. The Strokes are
now international superstars, Jack White of the White Stripes is
rumored to be dating Winona Ryder, and the summer could not be more
primed to make new stars out of a number of other bands that reach
back to the primal rock of the '60s and '70s with their new
releases.
(06/06/02 6:00am)
The bustling shoppers on State Street, the roaring crowd at Camp
Randall stadium, playing Frisbee on Bascom Hill'all uniquely
Madisonian endeavors, true, but none represent this fair city as
well as the Memorial Union Terrace.
(04/22/02 6:00am)
Everyone who has ever watched VH1 knows Joe Levy's face.
Seemingly on every countdown, \Legends"" retrospective and ""Behind
the Music,"" the spiky-haired Levy is a sound-bite machine with
immense musical knowledge. No surprise, then, that he is the music
editor for Rolling Stone magazine. He recently discussed the sorry
state of modern music with the Cardinal via telephone.
(04/16/02 6:00am)
Anyone can write a book'see Burt Reynolds' \My Life,"" or
anything with Fabio on the cover'but it takes a special kind of
talent to be an advice columnist. Necessary requirements are a
quick wit, an unerring moral compass and a dexterity with words.
Despite this, though, any advice columnist can compile their
columns into a book, and that is exactly what Randy Cohen has done
with ""The Good, the Bad and the Difference."" Cohen, who writes
under the title ""The Ethicist"" every week in the New York Times
Magazine, faces the challenge of broadening the question/answer
format into a full-scale book.
(04/10/02 6:00am)
New York based Les Savy Fav are a part of the ock revival""
talking place in the Big Apple and throughout the United States,
but do not assume they are the new Strokes. They rock a lot harder
with nowhere near the amount of press.
(04/08/02 6:00am)
Not nearly as obtuse as the William Burroughs novel they draw
their name from (\Naked Lunch""), Clem Snide crafts extraordinary
pop songs with a catchily approachable bent. Lyrically, lead singer
and songwriter Eef Barzelay contrasts straightforward sentiment
with clever phrase-turning and sardonic humor to form an
appealingly literate pop sensibility. Always growing, 2001's Ghost
of Fashion saw the band expand their sound into a diverse mix of
horns, strings and other noises, a sonic step up from their
still-stellar previous release Your Favorite Music. Rolling into
town tonight at Luther's Blues, 1401 University Ave., Barzelay
chatted to the Cardinal about reality TV, Steely Dan and taking
over the world.
(04/04/02 6:00am)
In honor of the the Daily Cardinal's 110th anniversary, we sat
down with one of our many distinguished alumni, Ben Karlin. Now the
head writer for \The Daily Show"" on Comedy Central, Karlin has
also written for The Onion, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and the
movie ""Ice Age.""
(03/01/02 6:00am)
Elizabeth Elmore hasn't exactly followed the regular career arc
for an indie-rock musician. After forming the pop-punk band Sarge
in 1995, she achieved moderate success, with Sarge being named by
Rolling Stone as the Hot New Band of 1998. In 1999, though, Elmore
enrolled in the Northwestern Law School and Sarge imploded soon
after. Now on a leave of absence from school, Elmore has formed a
new band, Reputation, who plays at Club 770 tonight. She discussed
her new musical compatriots and other matters with the
Cardinal.
(02/27/02 6:00am)
Since Soul Coughing broke up in March of 2000, frontman Mike
Doughty has gained a first name, lost a backing band and released a
solo album, , which is available only through his Web site. He has
toured solo extensively, playing a mix of reworked Soul Coughing
songs and new material. Before bringing his one-man act to the
Orpheum Thursday night, he chatted with The Daily Cardinal.