... the band isn't really breaking any new ground with its music -- fans of strummy NYC grime-rock such as Television, Velvet Underground and the Strokes will see ...
... However, it sets the stage for an album which vacillates between new elements (slower tempos, an extended arsenal of sounds) and old ones (Strokes-y rhythms ...
... Anyway, in concert the quartet treads similar strummy-rock ground the Strokes did a few years back, but with much more verve and a decided lack of snotty ...
... On the title track, however, he drops the detachment and lets the quick, syncopated guitar strokes lift his vocals above the din, showing the group's more ...
... The real revelation was Charlie Halloran's trombone playing, which gave a brassy resonance to the syncopated guitar strokes and bottomless bass lines. ...
... to Caleb hitting his knees to shred, sometimes I felt like I had been virtually transported to "Guitar Hero World Tour: The Southern Strokes!" Caleb's stilted ...
... Throughout the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' set, I couldn't help but feel that the band's versatility has kept it afloat while its peers of The's (Strokes, Hives, Vines ...