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...It’s keeping your stick down, it’s having smart players, but it’s also getting really good saves. I thought we did all of that—we worked hard.” The Crimson offense finally broke out of its scoring funk in the third period. With a player from each team in the box for coincidental minors, sophomore forward Jon Pelle sold Big Green netminder Mike Devine on a hard shot fake from the left circle and then easily skated around him to net a four-on-four tally...
...school pioneers and Native Tongues Posse founders Afrika Bambaataa turn the shiny Teutonic synthesizer lines from Kraftwerk’s “Trans-Europe Express” into the electro funk-rap beauty of “Planet Rock...
...great Beck B-sides. Oddly enough, “Clap Hands” fits perfectly with the flow of the album: it sounds like a remix. It’s a remix of all of Beck’s “Midnite Vultures”-era whisper-funk.“Guerolito” isn’t a bad listen, per se. Most of the vocal tracks remain untouched, the downbeat songs are still downbeat, and the upbeat songs are still upbeat. If you want to have some weird fever-dream version of “Guero?...
...Davis Square 617-776-2004 21+ Cover: Around $10 This classy Davis Square joint features a wildly eclectic music lineup, seven days a week – the only real constant is that the bands are excellent. The club’s music bridges nearly every taste, including funk, calypso, rock, folk, bluegrass, jazz, and R&B; so check the schedule at Johnnyds.com before going. The Hotspot went on a Tuesday night, and wasn’t expecting too much, since Tuesday isn’t exactly Mardi Gras at most clubs in Boston. After getting carded (Puritans!) and paying...
...Rich Or Die Tryin’” is the latest installment, no more and no less. The album pretty much has the same feel all the way through: mildly threatening drums, mid-tempo minor-key keyboards and the occasional generic ’70s funk loop. The good part of this is that the album has a unified feel, and one can get lost in the drone, which is, at times, pretty easy on the ears. The bad part is that if you step back and actively try to analyze the music, it falls apart, and this unified...