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BOSTON—Soulful jazz melodies and rhythmic African drum beats set the tone for Friday’s fifth annual tribute to black...
Undoubtedly, it was worth the long wait. With their fifth full-length album, this German heavy metal-turned-experimental indie band perfect the superb attention to detail and rhythmic awareness they demonstrated on 1998’s Shrink. The new album is a stunning assembly of illusive beats, eerie electronic noises and subtle, meandering melodies. As such, the album sounds like a crossbreed of glitchy, danceable techno, catchy pop-rock and minimalist jazz—all with a sustained art-house aloofness...
...exhilarating psychotic rush of the wordless song “The Killer Robots” was the clear highlight. The piece demonstrates flashy, rumbling garage rock tendencies that resemble the bustling rhythmic guitar drive of Detroit blues-rock band the Von Bondies...
...martial arts influence is clear in both major styles of Capoeira: Capoeira Angola, characterized by aesthetic, rhythmic movements executed close to the ground, and the more recent Capoeira Regional, which favors a quicker, aggressive form accentuated with spinning kicks that narrowly miss their target. “It’s hard because it uses a lot of muscles people don’t even know they have,” says Capoeira Club Co-Founder Brenden S. Millstein ’06, “and it makes you flexible, graceful, agile and strong in order to execute most...
...star of Deep Water Slang, Vol. 2, the new album from Oakland hip-hop duo Zion I, is producer Amp Live. Amp juggles diverse textures, tempos and musical idioms, lacing the album with complex yet infectious beats. Though MC Zion’s nasal staccato and superior rhythmic sensibility are well suited for these rich backdrops, it’s ultimately the music—not the words—that fuel this lush and energizing record...