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...really enjoy playing mariachi music,” he says. “I flip out sometimes and turn into a rocking mariachi, complete with head-banging and guitar-grinding action...
...just an exquisite performer,” said Professor Richard F. Thomas, who is currently teaching a freshman seminar on Dylan. “Let’s hope he’ll pick up the guitar for a song...
...music of that other famous group of males with a seemingly incongruous band name, the Barenaked Ladies. Let’s hope that the kind of good karma that has won the Barenaked Ladies worldwide acclaim will rub off on their stellar follower in the future. This smooth guitar rhythms reminiscent of the old South mixed with contemporary–styled rap featured on the band’s new release, Learn Yourself, should win the Beautiful Girls a spot as the new favorite among hip hop, rock and possibly even bluegrass fans...
With rolling acoustic guitar rhythms and soft vocals, the music of the Beautiful Girls could pass for something in the genre of mellow rockers like the Dave Matthews Band, David Gray or the famed college band, Dispatch. But it is with the addition of cunning rap solos to gentle melodies and smooth crooning that the Beautiful Girls make their unique mark. Unlike many contemporary rap songs, those of the Beautiful Girls do not replace any sense of musicality with redundancy or a booming bass. A surprisingly high standard of music is maintained throughout this album, and the emotional lyrics sung...
...perhaps, brilliantly, production) which reached its peak with Figure 8 has been tempered here, and the results are sparkling. Songs like the opening “Coast to Coast” and “Don’t Go Down” are built on spines of distorted guitars and compressed, reverb-drenched drums and resonate with the album’s recurring sense of space and expansion, which, though in stark contrast to the linen-closet intimacy of his earlier releases, still make you feel like your seat is never too far from the stage. On the other...