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Just Blaze’s guitar and horns assault gives Ghostface something to yell over, and he transforms the vague “I’m better than you guys” slog into a universally potent threat. It’s a boast song that’s so good, it sounds like a diss track, and it’s the best once I can think of since Jay-Z’s “The Takeover...
...really take off on “3121” are those where the Prince lets the NPG cut loose with some old school funk workouts. The album’s lead single, “Fury,” is vintage purple-funk: Prince’s wailing guitar takes center stage, a gospel organ provides counterpoint to the melody, and a flesh and blood drummer keeps sick time in the background.“Get On the Boat”, the album’s closer, does “Fury” one better in the funk...
...near hallucinated over the fact that Toad charges no cover, yet books musicians who rock. I arrived during the set of some obscure, yet awesome, New Haven-based band whose name escapes me. It featured a guy in his fifties playing some mean bass, an early twenty-something on guitar and vocals, and a drummer who I didn’t really pay any attention to. They played thoroughly entertaining alt-rock. Toad boasts great live sound, especially given its miniature scale. The volume is fine-tuned such that you can still talk with your friends, though you may have...
...another just long enough to be pained by the fact that they no longer agree on everything. When it came to their next musical step, Zinner wanted the group to stay true to its grimy roots. O argued that it was time to move beyond their raw voice-guitar-drums sound and work with new producers. Chase refereed. "We're all highly sensitive people. It makes for a very fragile dynamic that can easily go to the dark side...
...tune rather than a tune itself. He's not always clean, but he's always compelling, particularly on Cheated Hearts, a sizzling breakup song that turns into a musical competition when O sings, "Sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound," and Zinner responds with a screeching guitar to remind her who's boss. It's dueling banshees until a final verse in which they yawp together in harmony...