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But it's as Plaid that they do their headiest work, swinging from acid house to soundtrack strings to melodic down-tempo tracks.
Nation Building, Foo Fighting Andy Beta 2011
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Nicole Nodland Lana Del Rey For the 25-year-old native of Lake Placid, N.Y., the vault to a coveted national TV slot was triggered by the posting last spring of her down-tempo "Video Games," set to a collage of ghostly footage.
A Chance to Be a Ready-for-Prime-Time Player John Jurgensen 2012
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Though he's done it on his own, Mr. Hebden has shown range equal to four separate musicians, releasing a sterling string of albums that tug at the edges of techno, dubstep, ecstatic jazz, Afrobeat, down-tempo electronic and folk, culminating in 2010's gorgeous "There Is Love in You."
Soul Stars, Vintage Cars Andy Beta 2011
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The stop-motion animation is stylized in such a way that it's like watching furry stick figures set to music during action scenes, and remarkably organic textures to the figures during the more intimate and down-tempo scenes.
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Clocking in at close to 20 minutes, "Dougie" is a down-tempo number that Mr. Bowne controls with brushes and mallets.
Four Rock Nomads Unite for a Fleeting Tune Jim Fusilli 2010
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The down-tempo ballad "October" gets its drive from a ringing electric keyboard that sits nicely under Mr. Mercer's warm vocal.
The Sound of Broken Bells Jim Fusilli 2010
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The down-tempo ballad "October" gets its drive from a ringing electric keyboard that sits nicely under Mr. Mercer's warm vocal.
The Sound of Broken Bells Jim Fusilli 2010
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On the down-tempo numbers, the arrangements are solemn but not stodgy, and when the band kicks in hard, as on "Didn't It Rain" and "Strange Things," it churns away at the spot where gospel and early rock 'n' roll intersected.
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The down-tempo ballad "October" gets its drive from a ringing electric keyboard that sits nicely under Mr. Mercer's warm vocal.
The Sound of Broken Bells Jim Fusilli 2010
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The down-tempo ballad "October" gets its drive from a ringing electric keyboard that sits nicely under Mr. Mercer's warm vocal.
The Sound of Broken Bells Jim Fusilli 2010
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