Review: 'Music and Lyrics' an odd combo
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"Music and Lyrics" is a weird little hybrid of a romantic comedy that's simultaneously too fluffy and not whimsical enough.
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James Brown's second attempt at an autobiography is uneven but occasionally jaw-dropping.
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The late hip-hop producer J Dilla was full of unique ideas. But adding Busta Rhymes' vocals to a track that combined window-rattling bass thuds with a kazoo interpretation of "Flight of the Bumblebee" ranks as one of his oddest musical marriages.
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The band members are quite different from the image their portray.
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Either/Or, a new and first-rate new-music ensemble, returned to the self-absorbed world of the 1960s avant-garde on Friday night.
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Sometimes media metrics and audiences have very different views of what works.
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The Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard brought impressionism to rap. His rap style was a kind of scarily funny addict-talk. It verged on nonsense, but it was too familiar to be a joke.
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Composer Bharadwaj has come up with a foot-tapping album.
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In an age when the fluffiest pop acts boast of penning their own songs, jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux may be a bit of an anomaly.
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The singerâs attempt to include his blues-rock stylings with his pop songs yielded mixed results at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.
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In a new work, âTerra Nova,â Ben Munisteri sets the fast, difficult beaten steps to a dreamily slow song by Bjork. The effect is both odd and perfect in its place.
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The singer's new album shows that pop music Svengalis, weird and controlling  as they may be, are sometimes necessary
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Without resorting too much to any modern cosmetic frills, Srikant Deva's Sila Nerangalil offers a really enjoyable musical fare. Vairamuthu's meaningful and poetic lyrics also have contributed in a big way to the allure of the tracks.
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Films use artwork the way they have long used music: to set a mood.
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Hilary Duff certainly isnât anyoneâs idea of an all-around virtuoso, yet her music is much better than it might be, and much better than it needs to be.
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Mike Leighâs play âTwo Thousands Yearsâ is enjoyable, but oddly conceived and structured.
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Bewafaa has catchy as well as unexceptional tunes.