The two came together randomly, and their album is a manifestation of their diverse backgrounds, with Rosso on keyboards, programming, arranging and background vocals and Jonas on lead vocal and guitar.
On its first two albums, Sweden's Shout Out Louds followed a similar formula by updating the dour post-punk of bands like The Cure and Joy Division with ragged guitar riffs, clean production and girl-boy vocal harmonies from singers Bebban Stenborg and Adam Olenius.
Tom Conrad, chief technology officer at Pandora, says professional musicians take 20 minutes to create each song fingerprint that describes things like vocal quality, guitar speed and type of melody.
Mr. Stills was already an extraordinary acoustic-guitar player, and his increasingly fierce electric guitar would push CSN toward rock without the group abandoning its unparalleled vocal blend.
The lovely melody of "You Can't Hurt Me Now, " with its plaintive vocal, keening pedal-steel guitar and loping tempo, is typical of the songcraft offered on Beware.
But such concerns were quickly dispelled once the folk-rock trio's trademark intricate vocal harmonies and acoustic and electric guitar parts were enhanced by the JLCO's tight ensemble playing and skilled soloists such as saxophonists Sherman Irby, trumpeter Marcus Printup and trombonist Vincent Gardner.
Taking away her guitar helped her develop the vocal style that channels both Thom Yorke and Patsy Cline.
American Radass is filled with noodly guitar riffs, propulsive drumming, and a healthy heaping of plaintive, strained vocal harmonies: At times it sounds rather crude, but Dads often manage to streamline their catharsis into sharp, smart songs.
In This Light and on This Evening is a wonderful work, and everything about it apart from the vibration of Tom Smith's vocal chords and the strings of Chris Urbanowicz's guitar is the product of digital technologies, first in the studio and as then it is distributed and played.
The quartet Alt-J, whose "An Awesome Wave" won last year's Mercury Prize as Britain's best album, did much with little on stage as odd two-part vocal harmonies, a gently picked electric guitar, lush synth lines and syncopated percussion coalesced into a distinctive blend that united folk, prog rock, electronica, show tunes and hip-hop.
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S. Bach for inspiration but unique vocal stylings that resemble rhythmic and melodic chanting accompany the intricate acoustic guitar interludes, electronic elements, and light percussion.
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