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Thursday, July 26, 2018
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ARTS

ROBERT MANSUETTI
Summer Senior Arts Editor

The Internet is the hardest 
band to be a fan of for one simple 
reason. Not because their music 
is problematic, not because they 
make questionable career choices, 
but because of two simple words: 
their name. What’s in a name? A 
lot of social faux pas apparently. 
On more than one occasion I have 
mindlessly asked a friend “Have 
you ever heard of The Internet?” 
to recieve the blankest of stares. 
Only a few days ago I put on their 
newest album Hive Mind in the 
background while helping my 
mom prepare dinner; she asked 
me what we were listening to 
and my completely 
honest 
response 
was 
met 
with 
a 
curt 
“thanks, 
smartass.”
Yet despite their 
poor search engine 
optimization, The Internet and 
its individual members have 
been making musical tidal waves 
recently. Thankfully I can now 
type “The Internet” into Google 
and the band’s website pops up as 
the first result. Drop the “The,” 
however, and you’ll probably get 
a confused FBI agent wondering 
if the 19-year-old kid they were 
assigned to is actually a computer 
illiterate 65-year-old grandma.
Once 
described 
as 
“what 
people thought [Odd Future] was” 
by lead vocalist Syd, The Internet 
has its roots in Tyler, the Creator’s 
(seemingly 
defunct) 
hip-hop 
Sandlot. What began as Syd 
and 
percussionist/keyboardist 
Matt Martians’ side project has 
now evolved into a Grammy-
nominated group rounded out 
by the multitalents Patrick Paige 
II and Christopher Smith and 
guitarist Steve Lacy, the latter of 
whom was buzzed about last year 
for producing Kendrick Lamar’s 

“PRIDE” on his iPhone. Gaining 
steam with 2015’s breezy Ego 
Death and a healthy output of solo 
projects — Steve Lacy’s Demo, 
Syd’s Fin and Martians’ The Drum 
Chord Theory were among 2017’s 
subtle standouts — The Internet 
is a on a roll, and with their latest 
effort, only getting funkier.
When paired with Ego Death, 
Hive Mind’s title makes it seem 
like the second installment in a 
conceptual Jungian psychology 
trilogy, but don’t be mistaken. 
The album is as accessible as 
the Motown classics it follows 
in the footsteps of and rich in 
lyrical meaning and masterfully 
melded production. The band’s 
five members simply gel together, 
pooling 
their 
collective 
talent 
and 
playfully 
bouncing off each 
other to craft music 
that 
evolves 
the 
joint sound while 
retaining individual flair.
Lead single “Come Over” is a 
perfect example of the group’s 
united psyche: Lacy’s work on 
guitar and bass presents itself as 
a Super Mario 64-esque endless 
staircase of twangs and thumps, 
carpeted by Martians’ staggered 
drum patterns, all while Syd 
and her effortlessly cool vocals 
casually saunter up it. “We can 
play Simon Says / or watch TV in 
bed” implores Syd to her nameless 
Juliet in the song’s music video, as 
she stands hands-in-pockets like 
a lost Romeo on a suburban lawn. 
When Syd finally gets her crush 
to perform the titular action, 
the house literally spins around 
the camera, revealing the other 
four band members with their 
respective boos in simple, lovely 
vignettes.

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ACROSS
1 Org. that awards
the Spingarn
Medal
6 Bochco series
11 Peter, Paul and
Mary: Abbr.
14 Counterpart of “a”
15 Bacteria in
undercooked
meat
16 Not just “a”
17 Led
19 Bonanza
contents
20 Many a Bon
Appétit subscriber
21 Tablet download
23 Flips, in a way
26 Ball beauties
27 Hardened
28 Decline to
recline?
30 Bursts
31 Barbecue favorite
34 Suffix with glob
35 Held closely (to)
37 “O wad some
Pow’r the giftie
__ us”: Burns
38 Reduces, as
spending
40 Manage (for
oneself)
41 Melonlike tropical
fruit
42 Slapstick trio
member
44 Loosey-__
46 Fishing lure
47 Less experienced
48 Plump
50 Mike and __:
fruity candy
51 Cooked fruit
dessert ... and a
cryptic hint to the
start of 17-, 31-
and 38-Across
56 Part of mpg
57 Quilt filler
58 Latin stars
59 “Star Trek” rank:
Abbr.
60 Tea go-with
61 Bikini blast

DOWN
1 Hip-hop artist
who narrates
Netflix’s “The Get
Down”

2 Hurdle for
Hannibal
3 Act like
4 Plant-eating
scarab beetles
5 Sentence
shortener
6 City on the Aire
7 Antioxidant berry
in smoothies
8 Valuable deposit
9 Tap output
10 Innocent-looking
11 Informer
12 Pang
13 Goes after
18 You might hear
music on it
22 Cloud
23 Make confetti of
24 Name on a 1945
bomber
25 Dominant states
26 Spartan
28 Expels
29 Mountain lake
31 Larry McMurtry’s
“The Last
Picture __”
32 __-watch
33 Feast where the
Haggadah is read
35 Bad-mouths

36 “Saving Private

Ryan” event

39 Let up

40 Most affectionate

42 5’7” Webb,

shortest to win

the NBA Slam

Dunk Contest

43 __ Alley

44 Beef

45 Like Cognac

casks

46 About 1.3 cubic

yards

48 Give a 

makeover

49 “A Prayer for __

Meany”: John

Irving novel

52 Personal quirk

53 Downed a sub?

54 Syst. of cars on

tracks

55 Convened

By Paul Coulter

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