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MUSIC<br />
mu-sic mil-len-ni-um<br />
a place where the music & people still matter<br />
#9 on the List of Best Record<br />
Stores in the Country<br />
A false ending on the jangling maturity and depth unimaginable on<br />
“I Told Everyone” doubles as a trap early Dinosaur Jr. albums. “Knocked<br />
door leading to a cellar, Dinosaur Around” engages with similar intricacy.<br />
After initially wobbling about to<br />
Jr. pulling everyone in a different<br />
direction when they least expect it. Mascis’ shaky falsetto and brushed<br />
Barlow’s distinct low-end notes on chords, the tempo and narration<br />
“Mirror” hold everything together and shift, with the band pounding, rattling,<br />
and shaking floorboards via a<br />
generate a taffy-pull groove. For “Be<br />
One of America’s Best<br />
a Part,” the group employs restraint,<br />
rugged spree that recalls the noisy<br />
Record Stores<br />
highlighting gauzy tones and analog<br />
charge of its early SST albums.<br />
synthesizer lines central to maintaining<br />
a contemplative vibe. “Love Is...,” “I got more to say,” Mascis<br />
one of two tracks on which Barlow drawls early on the album, the truthful<br />
declaration less of a protest and<br />
www.musicmillennium.com<br />
assumes lead vocal duties, could<br />
pass as a lost 5th Dimension outtake<br />
from the late 1960s. Its folksy from a trio making a case for the<br />
more a state-of-the-union address<br />
3158 E. Burnside<br />
Portland, Oregon 97214<br />
thrum, country-feedback midsection, best second-act run of its generation.<br />
—Bob Gendron<br />
Phone: (503) 231-8926<br />
and forgiveness themes point to a<br />
42 TONE AUDIO NO.78<br />
©Photo by Levi Walton<br />
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