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REVIEW
MUSIC REVIEW // STEREOLAB - NOT MUSIC (DRAG CITY)
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MUSIC REVIEW
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> KJHK's weekly guide to some con Stereolab's latest record, Not Music, is another masterful example of the group's ability to fuse together precise instrumentation, soothing melodies and relentless (but not overly aggressive) rhythms to create a unique, synthesizer-heavy blend of lounge, krautrock and pop music. Laetitia Sadler's dreamy lead vocals are key to the group's sound. It's similar to, but not as low or as masculine as Nico's famous croon. Sadler's thick French accent adds a curious and exotic element to Stereolab's sound.
"So Is Cardboard Clouds" peaks with a barrage of triumphant horns and exemplifies use of the "motiork" beat, the simplistic 4/4 groove-drumming style of '60s and '70s German rock — aka "krautrock." Stereolab combines this rhythmic style with cleanly produced lounge-influenced pop, often with jazzy chord progressions. The instrumental "Equivalences" is in line with post-rockers Tortoise, featuring sparse guitar, eerie organs and off-kilter bass and drums. "Leleklato Sugar" and a remix of "Silver Sands" (a track from the group's last record, 2008's Chemical Chords) are highlights
that feature similar central synth hooks within different surroundings, together clocking in at over 13 minutes. "Sun Demon" has more up-front guitar than the aforementioned tracks,and the song abruptly changes into an upbeat pop groove reminiscent of Voxrotts "The Start Of Something," only quicker and more frantic. Closer "Neon Beanbag" is another song from Chemical Chords, this time remixed by Deerhunter's Bradford Cox into a long jam similar to Animal Collective's "People." It drones on two simple chords with airy synths and digital bleeps and bloops that provide the song's few shifts and changes in tone.Sadler adds an otherworldly feel with her distant chants and repetitions.
Though technically finished as a band and on to solo projects, as Not Music is made up of recordings from the same sessions as Chemical Chords. Stereolab is apparently still making excellent albums. Words don't do the music justice. Just listen.
★★★★ | ALEX TRETBAR
MOVIE REVIEW // DUE DATE
> Hollywood hits, indie flicks and everything in between.
> Hollywood hits, indie ticks and
The director of The Hangover, Todd
Phillips, brings to the screen a very unlikely
pair: Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Sherlock
Holmes) and Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover,
Dinner for Schmucks). They are thrown
together in a race against the clock, and try
not kill each other in the process.
A straightedge architect with a don'tmess-with-me attitude, Peter Highman (Downey) leaves Georgia to head home to Los Angeles and back to his expectant wife, whose due date is within a few days. In the airport Peter has a chance encounter with Ethan Tremblay (Galifianakis). Ethan, an eccentric, inspiring actor, accidentally got Peter kicked off his flight and put on the nofly list without having a wallet or photo I.D. This forces Peter to hitch a ride from Ethan, with the hope of getting to his wife before he misses the birth of his first child. The comedy stems from a domino effect of mishaps and life-threatening experiences, usually involving something illegal.
Through most of the movie the characters go through the motions of an expected
comedic movie, forcing a laugh to keep the audience engaged. After a slow start we see a possible depth to the characters, looking deeper within the plot and meaning of the movie in a few serious moments. The movie dips into the areas of comedy and discomfort and if you are in need of some sporadic laughs this movie is the one for you.
SAVANNAH ABBOTT
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