Music
Thee Oh Sees's latest beats out an angst-ridden rhythm
- Castle Face
BY KATIE STEEN
The majority of Floating Coffin consists of Thee Oh Sees sounding pissed off about one thing or another, and it doesn’t divert much from their past work beyond the fact that it’s a little more angsty.
Erratic 'Mosquito' lacks allure of past Yeah Yeah Yeahs efforts
- Interscope
BY ERIKA HARWOOD
Mosquito is a scattered album with tracks containing everything from a gospel choir to hints of reggae and a sample taken from the subway that fails to live up to the last Yeah Yeah Yeahs album.
Elliot Alpern: Kendrick, cake-dancing and the weirdest concert I've ever been to
BY ELLIOT ALPERN
I didn’t want any answers. We drove away from that place, with the feeling that we weren’t quite sure what had just occurred for the entire evening. But hey — at least I got to see some cake tossed around.
Flaming Lips provokes with desolate, futuristic 'Terror'
- Warner Bros
BY ANDREW ECKHOUS
Earth has received a foreboding broadcast from the future with The Terror, the Flaming Lips’s thirteenth studio album and the group’s return to making wildly experimental music.
Single Review: Yasiin Bey revives classic Mos Def beats in 'The Light Is Not Afraid of the Dark'
- Rawkus
BY SHAMIK GANGULY
The beat rolls with a subtle, classic Mos Def bass line and the track literally crackles like an old record. Yasiin takes the risk of rocking a chorus that’s the lowest, quietest part of the track, and it works.
Music Video Review: 'Power Trip' powers new J Cole single's twisted undertones
- Roc Nation
BY JACKSON HOWARD
In the video for “Power Trip,” the first single off of his upcoming sophomore release Born Sinner, J Cole hearkens back to crafting the powerful and vivid stories that helped make him famous.
France's M83 delivers versatile score for Cruise flick 'Oblivion'
- Universal
BY ERIKA HARWOOD
While it’s too soon to say whether “Oblivion” will be a successful film, if M83’s contribution is any indication, it will do just fine.
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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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