Music
Elliot Alpern: The signs are on the wall for a Bieber demise
BY ELLIOT ALPERN
When I made my best “challenge accepted” face and plugged away to research the Biebster, it took only a few minutes to witness a pattern emerging. Justin Bieber is beginning his slow, albeit hilarious spiral into cultural obsolescence.
Single Review: ScHoolboy Q continues to ride high on tired material in 'Yay Yay'
- Interscope
BY JACKSON HOWARD
Tired subject matter, sure — yet Q’s energetic and somewhat demented delivery makes the song more than listenable, and it’s clear that he means what he says.
Notebook: Delving deep into musical culture and technique
BY SHAMIK GANGULY
An artist can spend a lifetime delving through history to form a solid foundation of context, and he can spend another reaching out into oblivion trying to find his most personal sounds to achieve pure expression, but the crucial effort lies in finding the best way to do both.
Back with third album, OneRepublic delivers contemporary pop on 'Native'
- Interscope
BY GREGORY HICKS
The pop rock band’s third studio album — much like its previous records — is capable of stirring a great deal of empathy, so prepare to share the mind of the quintet, be it merry or morose.
The Strokes 'Comedown' with last RCA album
- RCA
BY KATIE STEEN
It’s almost impossible, when listening to Comedown Machine, to not search for traces of the early days of the band, back when vocals were filtered, Albert still had his fro and you could almost expect Julian Casablancas to chuck a microphone across the stage of any given performance.
Wavves laments the realities of adulthood on honest 'Heights'
- Warner Bros
BY ERIKA HARWOOD
Usually, public meltdowns coupled with a fair share of personal woes breed self-destruction and a trip or two to rehab. Fortunately for Wavves, this combination creates the honest, confident-sounding Afraid of Heights.
Lewd lyrical content, incoherent structure plague Lil Wayne's 'IANAHBII'
- Cash Money
BY JACKSON HOWARD
I Am Not a Human Being II makes it clear that the magic of Lil Wayne’s art dissipated. The whimsical and psychotic lines of his past — once his biggest strengths — are now his greatest flaws.
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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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