The best music rides waves of musical dichotomy, surrounding melancholy lyrics with giddy melodies or disguising upbeat sensations in dour atmospherics. The best music cloaks its influences like a master magician, producing them at exactly the right time with exactly the right personal flourish. The best music requires multiple listens to fully absorb its incredible nuance and invention. Rubik makes the best music.
Check them out with Mewithoutyou this Saturday at The Mad Hatter.
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This article appears in Jun 16-22, 2010.
