(In)visible
(04/27/15 8:05am)
Invisibility is my specialty.
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Invisibility is my specialty.
If you’re looking for an emotional, world-weary, wise-beyond-his-years, starry-eyed romantic, Tobias Jesso Jr. is your man. At age 29, he is a late bloomer for today’s music industry, yet it is his maturity that brings his music the gravitas and emotional intelligence that makes it so powerful. Throughout his new album Goon, the breadth of Jesso’s relatable world experiences are told in poetic, clear terms by an artist with a true mastery of his craft. The record debuted March 17 and may become one of the best new albums of 2015 that flies completely under the radar because of its unassuming humility and gimmick-less honesty.
My first impression of this album is that Courtney Barnett is someone I’d like to be friends with. If she is anything like her music, I imagine someone who is friendly, unassuming, and relatable, with a quirkiness and edge that sets her apart from the rest. Barnett is a guitarist and singer-songwriter hailing from Melbourne, Australia whose music is simple, humorous and nonchalant- as Pitchfork paraphrased John Cage, “Barnett has nothing to prove and she’s proving it.”
This Tuesday, MisterWives released their first full-length album Our Own House to follow their 2014 EP Reflections, and it is a truly impressive debut. This album is riddled with gems, from standout singles “Our Own House” and “Reflections” to more subdued ballads like “Coffins” and “Oceans.” MisterWives covers the full gamut of moods, from breezy dance numbers to deeply felt melodies, and never misses a beat.
Three years after releasing their debut album, Night Visions, choc-full of megahits like “Radioactive” and “It’s Time,” Imagine Dragons has let loose Smoke + Mirrors. The title is apt—the band relies on effects, tricks and overused hooks and is lacking in true musical talent. Regardless, Smoke + Mirrors is an honest effort to keep up the momentum the band had built off their first album and surely contains an equally impressive round of hits.
I genuinely wanted to like this album. Kodaline is by all counts a great band—tight vocals, polished harmonies and on-point instrumentals. They blasted onto the international music scene in 2012 with their eponymous EP, which was met with rave reviews and a highly anticipated full-length album, In a Perfect World, which was released in 2013. They were second only to Haim for the BBC’s coveted Sound of 2013 and have drawn (warranted) comparisons to blockbuster bands like Coldplay, Oasis and Snow Patrol.
Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper marks Noah Lennox’s fifth album as Panda Bear (produced by Domino Recording Company and released on Jan. 9 of this year). The record has, deservingly, been met with significant critical acclaim and demonstrates Lennox’s mature, polished musical talent.
Taylor Swift’s fifth album breaks dramatically from her previous work. She consciously made a definitive creative shift from the country genre to pop, a risky career move considering the tight-knit nature of the country music community and its reliable listener base. This move seems thus far not to have worked against her—the New York Times reported that her album sales are likely to surpass one million copies. This defied pre-release expectations and puts Swift in the record-breaking position of perhaps being the first artist to produce three consecutive albums to go platinum in their first week. Whether this dramatic success is due to her undiminished star power, dedicated fan base, refusal to release the album on outlets like Spotify and YouTube or genius pre-release marketing strategies, 1989 seems likely to seal her position in the pop legend pantheon.
Downtown Durham is located just a short walk or bus ride from Duke’s East Campus. Home to a minor league baseball team, a major performance center and even a local museum, Durham has also been named the South's "tastiest town". It is a can't-miss part of the Duke experience. Check out this list of things to do in downtown Durham and make sure to explore on your own once you get to campus.
Ingrid Michaelson2/5 stars
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We Are Scientists4/5 stars
As a biology major who sometimes really wishes she could be an English major, a Shakespeare course is a rare treat. I registered for Shakespeare Now and Then: Versions of The Winter's Tale not knowing quite what to expect, as its premise is to explore versions of one of Shakespeare’s late plays, "The Winter’s Tale," which I had heard of maybe once before and definitely not read. Other readings have included "Persuasion," "Daniel Deronda," "King Lear," Pandosto’s "A Triumph of Time" and "All’s Well That Ends Well." I’m thinking a lot about this class at the moment because I have an essay due in a week, and rather than write that, I’m writing about writing it. I know, I’m pretty meta that way.
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Last spring, I realized how often I studied in Bean Traders on Ninth Street when the barista greeted me one Saturday morning with this: “Hey, blue headphones!” In a characteristic moment (sorry, to everyone who’s ever tried to get my attention on the quad—I seriously wasn’t trying to ignore you), with an equally characteristic tomato red cheek flush, I popped them off my head and said, “What?” Handing me my usual coffee with milk, she replied, “I don't think I’ve ever seen you without them.”
The first time I listened to The National’s newest album, Trouble Will Find Me, I was clutching a lukewarm cup of coffee while walking down Walnut Street in Philadelphia under a grey sky and drizzling rain. I could hardly have chosen a better soundtrack for a cold morning commute. Something about lead singer Matt Berninger’s soulful baritone crooning makes you feel deep and pensive, like maybe I should be smoking a clove cigarette and reading Kafka or Tolstoy in a coffee shop.
If you’re looking for the perfect soundtrack to blast out rolled-down windows driving down the highway this summer, it’s very likely it’ll be Cold War Kids’ fourth full-length album, Dear Miss Lonelyhearts.
The Chronicle, in partnership with the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology, conducted an IRB-approved poll of 3,200 undergraduates via email from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. The poll yielded 1,155 responses, an approximate response rate of 36 percent. The Chronicle would like to thank Sunshine Hillygus, associate professor of political science, and Scott Clifford, a survey associate at the Initiative, along with David Jamieson-Drake and Jiali Luo with the Office of Institutional Research. The listed statistics are approximations.