Short Reviews
Reviews of Framed Butterflies by Raad Rahman, and Matthew Connor’s album Farewell Motel.
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It’s Not About the Music
Three albums, 1977’s Low and Heroes, followed by Lodger in 1979, remain essential listening not only because the songs range from the instrumentally gothic “Warsawza” to the crowd-pleasing “Heroes,” but also because they anticipate the ’80s, when Bowie would reinvent himself once more as the poperatic singer of “Modern Love” and “Let’s Dance.”
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Up from Mormonism
Pop Psychology Album by Neon Trees Island Records “COME OUT as a wanderer. Come out as a questioner. One day it won’t matter. But it still does.” The…More
Music Briefs
Reviews of the book: Autobiography by Morrissey; and the albums: In the Company of Strangers by Hannah & Maggie, and Human by Joseph Eid.
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Short Reviews
Reviews of the novel Exception to the Rule, and Lady Gaga’s album Artpop.
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Elton Discovers Mortality
The Diving Board by Elton John Capitol/Mercury Records THOMAS WOLFE was right: you can’t go home again. That’s the sad-but-true wisdom at the heart of “Home Again,” the…More
… Not That She Ever Went Away
Closer To The Truth Cher Warner Bros. Records WELL, our über-goddess is at it again. Defying all industry expectations, the Lazarus of pop has a new album, Closer…More
Ziggy Stardust Memories
WHETHER you’re a Bowie fan or not, chances are you’ve heard about the sudden return of the Thin White Duke in the form of an album, The Next Day.
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Art Briefs
Reviews of the play Hit the Wall, and the albums OUTlaw and One True Thing.
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Frank Ocean’s Sexual Healing
EARLIER THIS YEAR, Frank Ocean hit the 55th Grammy Awards like a tsunami. Nominated for six awards, Ocean took home two; and performed a down-tempo love song to a guy named Forrest Gump. …
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