Word: bandness
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...said of the mandatory piece that “Pool Party” played, “We played upside down and backwards; I thought it was great, but the judge said we sounded like a wedding band...
Long gone are the days when bands produced definable music, music of a single genre that could be described by a mere two words. Leftover Salmon, a band that might have been described decades ago as “bluegrass,” now brand themselves as “polyethnic Cajun slamgrass...
Even artists who try to simplify their musical methodology for listeners end up selling themselves short: to call the Derek Trucks Band’s style “world music” does the band a disservice by grossly generalizing and neglecting their predominant influences. And then of course there are the chameleons— artists like Beck and Thom Yorke whose muse leads them down different paths each time they head to the studio...
...IA’s full-bodied and soulful sound was reminiscent of classic fusion acts such as Medeski, Martin and Wood as well as more current genre-benders such as Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, Galactic or Soulive. The Galactic comparison seems especially apt after hearing the band members stretch out on their 15-minute opening instrumental...
...Kinkopf ’04 then kicked off the rest of the set with the remark: “We’re a professional band, but sometimes we don’t act like it.” Kinkopf distinguishes himself from the myriad hip hop poseurs with the lyric: “Don’t hit the crack pipe/never ran the streets at night/soft, preppy, privileged, rich, never hit a chick and called her a bitch/ no crew, no guns and my skin is pale, I never spent the night in jail...