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...does an “underground?? organization advertise itself to the mainstream? Is the mere act of putting up a poster a kind of selling out? This record hospital comp ad explores these paradoxes with verve, maintaining a careful balance between avant-garde aloofness and general-audience accessibility...
SNEAKER PIMPS • Bloodsport (Tommy Boy Records) On the Sneaker Pimps’ third album, Bloodsport, they dump their vocalist, Kelly Dayton, the voice of their most recognizable hits, “Six Underground?? and “Low Five” and adopt a more raw male vocal sound. The feel of the album can’t be described as alternative. It lies somewhere between indie and electronica, informed as much by the smooth beats of Moby’s relaxed moments as by Apollo Four Forty’s frenetic, guitar-based electronica...
...pair skillfully manipulated their sound, here bringing up the underlying bass track, there turning up a wispy vocal. Anthems like one based around a spoken “Underground?? sample were most successful in bringing a raucous crowd response. Deep Dish punctuated an otherwise continuously driving sound every ten to 20 minutes with climactic flourishes that inevitably brought noisy approval and renewed the dancing. Trite as it may sound, diversity was a key component of Deep Dish’s music. Ranging from gruff spoken words to exotic Middle Eastern sounds, their samples were not limited...
...construction in the tight spaces close to campus is more expensive, Zewinski says, because more must be built underground??including the tunnel under Cambridge Street and a loading dock...
...spitting out line after abstract line in ideal multi-syllabic, rapid-fire fashion. He makes his own beats, off-kilter pastiches of lo-fi drums and weird bass noises. Devoid of charisma, he is a bastion of grim determination and pure skills. And best of all, he is Underground??known only to the backpacking elite, his primary means of publicity for several years was the internet. Now on New York City’s Def Jux label—which has already made a name for itself with a critically acclaimed album from Harlem’s Cannibal...