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Keith Jarrett, 'Creation' and 'Barber/Bartok/Jarrett,' ECM Records (REVIEW)
Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest Debut Album 'Sylva' [REVIEW]
Led by composer, producer, bassist Michael League, Snarky Puppy's 'Sylva' is an ambitious departure as Holland's Metropol Orkest, a 63-piece symphony, provide elongated intros and outros to each movement, thus creating a sophisticated cinematic feel. LIVE REVIEW: Modest Mouse at Prospect Park for Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
For such a depressive sounding band, Modest Mouse attracts quite the aggressive crowd. Antics at their live performances live on both sides of the stage: Brock's brooding wide-eyed stare, moshing, crowd surfing and the occasional 'ol chick on dude's shoulder bit. In support of Strangers To Ourselves, their first album in eight years, Modest Mouse's sold out Celebrate Brooklyn! performance last night in Prospect Park was met with dutiful reprise. Overzealous pineapple-toting new fans trampled their way to the front, only to stand wavering without a clue when underrated cuts from No One's First and You're Next and, unbelievably so, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About attacked Park Slope. You can hand pick the long-time fans: those who have come to expect and alter their movements around this type of behavior opening the levy for first-timers, stammering their feet and shouting every lyric with perfect cognitive dissonance. A few words may have been off here and there, but the melody remains all the same.
