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...Joel G. Thomas `02 thinks that Rage Against the Machine's guitarist lurks somewhere in his subconscious. "[Tom] Morello went to Harvard and concentrated in [government]," said Thomas, who's a gov jock himself. "Morello calls himself a communist. I wouldn't call myself that, but I agree with almost all of his politics. I'm passionate about progressive issues...
...rush-released their album Isola to the US in September, and Kent has been garnering rave reviews ever since. When Kent opened at the Roxy for their better-known Swedish compatriots, The Cardigans, The Crimson had the chance to traverse the language barrier with lead guitarist Sami Sirvio and drummer Markus Mustonen...
...make it equally life-affirming. The epic seven-minute-and-forty-seven-second "747" was a fitting song to close on. Markus Mustonen, the drummer, began the song by quietly patting away with brushes; by the end, he was driving an urgent rhythm with drumsticks. Sami Sirvio, the lead guitarist, broke a string about five minutes into "747," but his relentless playing never skipped a beat...
...Cardigans split their set about evenly between songs from the new album and the older, effervescent singles. Lead singer Nina Persson, fetchingly attired in black tanktop and leather pants, delivered the band's tongue-in-cheek takes on modern love with charming, faux naivete. Flanked on either side by guitarist Peter Svensson and keyboardist Lars-Olaf Johnasson, The Cardigans were an interesting triptych to watch: Svensson dancing about his red guitar, Persson doing her catwoman-thing with the mic stand and Johansson good-humoredly adding the dark swatches of soundscape...
...tell you about a show I saw on New Year's Eve. The band, playing at the Hynes Convention Center, was called Babaloo; it played Spanish hip-hop and salsa music. Oddly enough, the lead singer was Hispanic, but the lead guitarist was a white women, one of the drummers was black, and the bass player was this grungy blond dude wearing a beat-up Red Sox hat and chewing on a cigarette. And as the lead singer called out the choruses in Spanish, the mostly-white audience jumped, bounced, danced, waved their hands and responded as best they could...