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...concert, planned by the Tufts Concert Board, will feature rap superstar L.L. Cool J, with jazz-funk artist Maceo Parker and ska band Less Than Jake opening. In the past, the Spring Fling has featured such well-known bands as George Clinton and P-Funk All-Stars, Barenaked Ladies and A Tribe Called Quest...
...This year we had the Jumpstarts, a NorthCarolina ska band, and Different Drum, a jazzband," Strauss says. "We only have $2500 to spendbetween the game and band, so we can't get bandsthat do national touring...
...terrific). But what's truly surprising about the first track on DiFranco's new album, which is also the title song, is just how good-natured and downright jaunty it is. After the first verse, DiFranco lets loose a country-and-western "yee-haw" and a wave of gentle ska-infused horns kicks in. It's an early signal: this is an album that refuses to be boxed...
...brilliant 1995 album, Timeless, was instrumental in founding the genre of drum 'n' bass--pulsating, mostly danceable music driven by clubland bass grooves and propulsive percussion. Today's rock 'n' rollers are reveling in the groove, from Prodigy's brutal electro-punk, across the musical galaxy to the ska-rock band Smash Mouth's upbeat remake of War's Why Can't We Be Friends? Goldie wasn't the only influence, of course, but the sea change has been profound: if you listen to Yield, the grandfatherly new album by alternative-rock pioneers Pearl Jam, it sounds almost flat-footed...
...album comes not from these artists, but rather from songs by less well known acts like Less than Jake, the eels and Ear2000 (which boasts Scream 2 star David Arquette in its lineup). Less than Jake's "I Think I Love You" should continue the upward rise for this ska band that isn't afraid to sell out. The eels' "Your Lucky Day in Hell" continues with the spooky theme and Ear2000 closes the soundtrack by blasting through the speaker with its haunting bass line, frenetic guitars and lyrics that kill...