![]() ![]() Late-night listening to “Frankie Teardrop,” a 10-minute-plus tale of a multiple murder, is not recommended. Martin Rev’s low-budget electronics are violent and hypnotic Alan Vega screams as a rhythmic device. These New York synth-punks evoke everything from the Velvet Underground to rockabilly. Khan glided through the head-nodding “Everlasting Love” and the twisty-turny “Better Days,” and fans appreciated the adjustment: Ask Rufus was the group’s first platinum record. But after spending 16 months in the studio working on Ask Rufus, they came out with a record that gave their songs more room to breathe, anticipating the lithe, loose arrangements of Nineties neo-soul. But for all its sad realism, Butler’s is music that still finds solace, and purpose, in communal celebration.įronted by Chaka Khan, one of soul music’s most combustible singers, Rufus built its mid-Seventies sound on heavy-footed, guitar-slathered funk. ![]() ![]() Built on family ties (leader Win Butler, his wife, Régine Chassagne, his brother Will), the Montreal band made symphonic rock that truly rocked, simultaneously outsize and deeply personal, like the best pop. Loss, love, forced coming-of-age, and fragile generational hope: Arcade Fire’s debut touched on all these themes as it defined the independent rock of the ‘00s. ![]()
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