Eleanor Friedberger New View CD Gatefold Case defenders of the Tuaregs but

defenders of the Tuaregs but above all spokesperson for the new African generation

its layers of backwards guitar and Shapiro's double-tracked close harmonies transform into a boogie-rock jam The Flaming Lips probably wished it had recorded first

“It’s a pretty impactful place

The rhythm and word plays are at such high levels -- lyrics are often delivered rapid-fire with interruptions occurring seamlessly in rhyme and in tempo -- it's hard not to be won over pretty much from the start

and Dennis Dragon

Eleanor Friedberger New View CD Gatefold Case defenders of the Tuaregs butOn New View, Eleanor Friedberger's solo work remains as laid back and straightforward as her music with the Fiery Furnaces was lively and complex. Recorded with her band Icewater after a move to upstate New York, her third album reaffirms that one of her greatest gifts as a solo artist is the fresh personality she brings to classic rock stylings that could seem stuffy in almost anyone else's hands. She plays into and against those traditions