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...Deejays in the '90s are what double-neck guitars were to rock bands in the '80s: cool to have but not essential. Lately, though, deejays have been taking center stage themselves. DJ Rap is a female pioneer. The British singer/deejay's U.S. debut, Learning Curve, combines pop vocals with drum-'n'-bass grooves. A few tracks are a bit dull, but on the single Good to Be Alive her skills are on full display...
...musician to let that happen. As a blues man, he's the real thing: a former sharecropper who sounds like he belongs more on a Smithsonian Folkways recording than a concert stage. Some of the most magical moments on this latest album come when Burnside shuts off the incessant drum beat behind him and just, as they say, does his thing. Unfortunately, the dance element of Come On In hardly matches Burnside's bluesy croonings. Except on a few tracks like "Been Mistreated" and "Let My Baby Ride," where Burnside uses a real drum set rather than an electronic beat...
...usagipop is David Marx '01 (songwriter, lead vocals, guitar, drum machine, sampler, turntable) and Chess Stetson '01 (analog synthesizer, back-up vocals...
...Bands. The chosen, selected to compete by some mysterious and no doubt complicated process involving a whirl of demos and referrals, were: Putney Swope, usagipop, the Mode Mode and 98%. Despite a few false starts and technical difficulties ranging from a broken guitar string to an impertinent drum machine, the show moved quickly from set to set. Each band played up to a half-hour of selections. With a range that spanned from noise rock to soul classics, it would have been impossible to compare the bands on their relative musical "merit." Instead, it seems that audience response determined...
...usagipop is David Marx '01 (songwriter, lead vocals, guitar, drum machine, sampler, turntable) and Chess Stetson '01 (analog synthesizer, back-up vocals...