Music
The Fray's scars tell no stories on latest effort
- Epic
BY GREGORY HICKS
It might be time for The Fray to swallow its pride and get songwriting or production assistance from a reputable name. The band needs to organize its priorities if it anticipates continuing to work in the music industry.
Barnes is back and as frenzied as ever on 'Paralytic Stalks'
- Polyvinyl
BY KATIE STEEN
Hey, psych majors: This album’s for you! Of Montreal’s latest LP, Paralytic Stalks, is almost an hour’s worth of Kevin Barnes singing, chatting, chanting and shrieking about his bouts of depression. Enjoy!
Leaving nostalgia behind on Dr. Dog's latest effort
- ANTI-
BY GEOFF MARINO
Dr. Dog has long been derided as a lonely bit of ’60s nostalgia floating in an ocean of 21st century musical innovations. However, Be The Void doesn’t give anyone opportunity to engage in such criticism.
Single Review: White interrupts recording hiatus with bluesy sound
- Columbia
BY BY ELLIOT ALPERN
Rolling Stone’s 17th-ranked guitarist was nowhere to be found, despite still being a member of two other bands. There was a collaboration here, a cameo there, but nothing that truly came from the legendary man himself.
Joe Dimuzio: History shows SOPA won't fix music business
BY JOE DIMUZIO
A couple times a month, I find myself returning to a book that never manages to leave my bedside. Bill Brewster and Frank Boughton’s “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” is one of many paperbacks I’ve been reading continually over the last four years. It’s an engaging and broad introduction to the history of DJs and dance music that’s cleanly written and comprehensive.
Gotye's 'Mirrors' is a polished, gleaming success
- Eleven
BY EDITH FREYER
Chances are that by now, you’ve seen the music video for Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know.” Gotye’s third studio album, Making Mirrors, completely lives up to the hype created by the online sensation.
Powerful vocals can't hide shallow core on Del Rey's debut effort
- Interscope
BY KATIE STEEN
The transfixing nature of Lana’s vocals isn’t enough to carry Born to Die. The album is unashamedly produced, incorporating orchestral flourishes, innumerous sound effects of incoherent yelling and a hip-hop backing in almost every song.
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Herb David: Crafting Ann Arbor's musical legacy
He's made guitars for Eric Clapton, Sonic Youth, the Byrds and Jerry Garcia, hung out with Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix and lived near the center of Ann Arbor's once-blossoming countercultural music scene. He's also one of the country's best instrument maker and he lives right around the corner.
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