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MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Songs of the Day From Bob Dylan to Tame Impala, these tunes will bring some variety to your iPod.
TOM DEHART
tdehart@kansan.com
DFA/CAPITOL
Title: Someone Great
Artist: LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem was founded in 2002 by musician/producer James Murphy. "Someone Great" is a clash of interesting — and varying — electronic beats and sample-sounds. Personally, one of my favorite features of this track is the faint, lingering sound of what seems to be fingers sliding on an electric guitar.
Album: Sound of Silver (2007)
GIANT
**Title:** Bittersweet
**Artist:** Big Head Todd & The Monsters
**Album:** Sister Sweetty (1993)
"Bittersweet" is one of the better-known Big Head Todd and the Monsters singles from the 90s. It's a compromise of classic blues-sounding guitar parts with a simple drum beat to keep the rhythm. With a chorus that passionately repeats the lines, "it's bittersweet, / more sweet than bitter, / more bitter than sweet," this song is one that has the potential to get stuck in any listener's head at any point in the day.
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COLUMBIA
**Title:** Isis
**Artist:** Bob Dylan
**Album:** Desire (1976)
Lest we forget Bob Dylan and his influence on contemporary music, the piano-laden track "lisi" is in this week's Songs of the Day. "lisi" was released on Dylan's 1976 record entitled "Desire," an album which also included his well-known single "Hurricane." The song has a great array of instruments, including a violin and harmonica, that back up Dylan's story-like lyrics during the instrumental breaks.
MODULAR RECORDINGS
Title: Alter Ego
Album: InnerSpeaker (2010)
Artist: Tame Impala
Tame Impala is the kind of band that does a great job of blending genres. "Alter Ego" gives a more progressive sound to the more electronic-based end of the music industry. The song gives way to a fast-tempo and ethereal-sounding vocals that echo and reverberate throughout. The rhythm section consistently keeps its power and allows the music to deliver strongly until the end.
- Edited by Kayla Overbey
FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY
'The Simpsons' to kill off character in the next season
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
NEW YORK — "The Simpsons" may be going strong in its 25th season, but a major character from the long-running animated series will soon meet his or her maker.
In a conference call with reporters last week, executive producer Al Jean revealed plans to kill off a character in the season ahead.
"We're actually working on a script where a character will pass away," Jean said. "I'll give a clue that the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character, but I won't say who it is."
"Simpson's" fanatics will know that this hint doesn't exactly narrow things down: Nearly every member of the core ensemble of voice-over performers has won an Emmy, including Dan Castellaneta (Homer, Barney, Krusty), Julie Kavner (Marge, Patty, Selma), Hank Azaria (Apu, practically everyone else on the show), Nancy Cartwright (Bart) and Yeardley Smith (Lisa).
Even a few guest stars have picked up Emmys for "Simpsons" appearances, including Anne Hathaway for voicing Princess Penelope and Kelsey Grammer for Sideshow Bob.
In other words, pretty much anyone could go. Death has come to Springfield in the past, most recently with the untimely passing of Maude Flanders, wife of the Simpsons' preternaturally cheerful next-door neighbor Ned, who bit the dust after falling off a grandstand at the racetrack.
The 25th season of "The Simpson's" premiered Sunday night with a "Homeland" spoof guest starring Kristen Wig. In the press call, Jean also teased some other highlights in the season ahead, including a "Futurama" crossover episode set to air sometime in May and a wedding, officiated by Stan Lee, for Comic Book Guy.
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