Nov 17th, 2008 · Australians Kate Cooper and Damon Cox make up An Horse. The two recently released their full-length debut, Rearrange Beds, on which they tackle a simple enough formula: drums, electric guitar, and failed relationships for lyrical fodder. It's dangerous territory for some bands. It's easy to turn those ingredients into melodrama or an exercise in the trite. But An Horse uses its confessional lyrics to create 10 immediately recognizable tunes, with toe-tapping beats. It's a combination that led the duo to opening spots on tours with Death Cab for Cutie and Tegan & Sara.
Keywords: dangerous · exercise · Territory · electric · duo · horizon · ingredients · guitar · beds · Formula · Death Cab for Cutie · melodrama
Jul 14th, 2008 · Sarah Sharp's soft spoken singing style and quiet instrumentations offer a living room, fireside closeness that keeps her away from the lounge-singer stereotypes of similarly jazz-influenced performers. With her new six-song EP, Fight or Flight, the singer-songwriter from Austin, Tex has created a lounge-pop sound that is intimate and pleasant without seeming trite.
Keywords: Jazz · euphoria · Singer · songs · songwriter · Austin · instrumentation · sarah · intimate · stereotypes · trite · Tex
Apr 24th, 2005 · Iranian-born commentator Roya Hakakian remembers the daunting goal she set for herself -- becoming a writer in English. Although nervous about her command of our language, Hakakian signed up for a poetry class with beat generation poet Allen Ginsberg at Brooklyn College. Hakakian was delighted when Ginsberg trashed her first writing sample as riddled with "clichés" and "overused adjectives." She was thrilled to have mastered the trite phrase.
Keywords: commander · Iranian · riddled · Writer · writing · nervous · language · English · Poetry · poet · Delight · Masters
