Word: underground
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...hint of Marc Bolan vocals. But it's the less cool, neglected hits from the mid-'70s that most enthuse Murdoch, who still sings in his local church choir. "People really think you are taking the piss when you say you liked Hall and Oates more than the Velvet Underground," he says. The Life Pursuit takes in more familiar country and '60s soul sounds, gets funky at times and then tender when it needs to, and lyrically the characterization is as deft as ever. From the snapshots of a romance taken during a football game in Another Sunny Day, Murdoch...
...sophistication, and fantastically nihilistic lyrics? Remember how both the Libertines’ albums—first “Up the Bracket” and then their eponymous “The Libertines”—offered Americans a raw, exciting view into a drug-addled cockney underground where Sid Vicious still swaggered? If you do, you better not to listen to Babyshambles’ “Down In Albion.” It’s not that it’s a terrible album. It’s more that every song from Doherty?...
...brought legitimacy to a style of music dubbed "Nintendocore," becoming the first group in this genre to take covers of classic 8-bit theme songs past the LAN-party circuit. Featuring drummer Spencer Seim from post-hardcore savants Hella, the group legitimizes the project in part with their impressive underground cred. The songs on the album range from spazzed-out level select ditties to "Kraid's Lair," a haunting boss theme from the classic NES game "Metroid." Regardless of origin, all the tracks burst out of the tightly-wound rock quartet with a depth only hinted at in their previous...
Cublunk says that these kinds of compromises happen all the time, and they prevent the college audience from being exposed to other Boston styles. “They need to see the real scene. And the promoters and the underground rappers need to stop being scared about it,” said Cublunk...
...It’s not like all college kids only listen to complex, abstract underground hip-hop,” Deleon of Tha League says. “If that were true, N.W.A., Mobb Deep, Public Enemy, and every hip-hop artist that’s ever been played on MTV would not be successful...