Old timey instrumentation and folk surroundings allow Graffin’s (as always) ingenious hooks to breathe in the open spaces and appropriate accompaniment.
People involved with certain artists – The Smiths, in this case – get together and offer a “critical analysis” of said artist’s career and impact upon society.
“A tamer General Patton Vs. The X-ecutioners. Or a more playful Lovage.” Don’t let first impressions fool you. A pop record only Mike Patton could produce.
This DVD set collects two out-of-print VHS releases. Most notable: Who Cares a Lot? Greatest Videos, as it chronicles the band’s transformation over the years.
Universally beloved, they somehow continue to make oddball, quirky music that caresses humanity’s collective soul while never staying stylistically stagnant.
While I applaud their attempts at becoming “more serious” by tackling concept albums, almost every product from such thinking has resulted in absolute garbage.
Sleepwalking through riffs and Postal Service electronics, these ten do little more than favor Delonge’s yowl, as the rest of the band stay out of the way.
A reasonably in-depth analysis, and even if there isn’t much new information for the hardcore geeks, the performance footage is enough to make it worthwhile.