{"id":8808,"date":"2014-03-19T08:50:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T15:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=8808"},"modified":"2014-03-18T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T19:47:49","slug":"new-music-revue-st-vincent-and-killer-be-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/03\/19\/new-music-revue-st-vincent-and-killer-be-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: St. Vincent and Killer Be Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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St. Vincent
\nSt. Vincent
\n<\/i>(Loma Vista\/Republic Records)
\n4\/5<\/p>\n

The self-titled fifth album by Annie Clarke, better known as St. Vincent, is a unique blend of jazz and pop with some of her unique guitar style (solos and all) and a David Bowie feel.<\/p>\n

\u201cOtherworldly\u201d is how I would describe it, with a fabulous mixture of instruments and St. Vincent\u2019s goddess-like vocals taking you completely away, despite some rather grim lyrics and themes throughout.<\/p>\n

This new album by Clarke seems to be a fine-tuned version of a sound she\u2019s been attempting for a while. St. Vincent<\/i> is filled with some very danceable tunes and some slower, melodic songs as well, but the party is fairly consistent throughout.<\/p>\n

The more upbeat songs stand out, not to say that the others aren\u2019t great in their own right.<\/p>\n

-Matt O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n

\"Killer_Be_Killed\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Killer Be Killed
\nKiller Be Killed
\n<\/i>(Nuclear Blast Records)
\n3.5\/5<\/p>\n

It\u2019s tough being labelled a \u201csupergroup.\u201d How do you live up to that? They\u2019re destined for failure most of the time, but metal fans have a lot to look forward to with this one.<\/p>\n

Killer Be Killed is made up of Max Cavalera (Soulfly\/ex-Sepultura), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Troy Sanders (Mastodon), and David Elitch (The Mars Volta).<\/p>\n

Opening cut \u201cWings of Feather and Wax\u201d chops and slices: starts off with the Mastodon part, goes in to the clean Dillinger chorus part, then delivers Max\u2019 fast punk\/metal part. Luckily, the rest of the album mixes things up more cohesively.<\/p>\n

Really, many songs here contain the members working together in a chemistry most non-supergroup bands would kill for.<\/p>\n

-Greg Pratt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. Vincent St. Vincent (Loma Vista\/Republic Records) 4\/5 The self-titled fifth album by Annie Clarke, better known as St. Vincent, is a unique blend of jazz and pop with some of her unique guitar style (solos and all) and a David Bowie feel. \u201cOtherworldly\u201d is how I would describe it, with a fabulous mixture of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-march-19-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t