The propulsive energy they were able to capture helps push Visiter into bold new territory for The Dodos.

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He cut a deft figure on the podium, leading in lucid and propulsive style.

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The electric motor is used for propulsive power as often as possible in this situation.

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COC's orchestra, led by Johannes Debus, excelled in the violent, propulsive parts of the score (one felt the whip cracks), and the singers were a sturdy group.

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Thanks to the shift from airy falsetto to harmonizing, and the slow but propulsive beat, he sounded as if he were singing from about four feet above the ground.

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Yet as the song expands in scope caking on layer upon layer of glorious harmonies, overblown guitars, swirling feedback and the propulsive thunder of drums "Albatross" begins to buckle like a collapsing star.

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Because Jones, guitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn and drummer Al Jackson Jr. recorded together constantly, they developed a signature sound grooves that are taut and sweet and uncluttered, intensely propulsive yet forever relaxed.

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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.

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His movies were straightforward and propulsive.

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