At Home With the Groovebox (Grand Royal)
"...humped up on a "Me So Horny" 2 Live backbeat. The mishmash works well as a unit, not surprisingly,..."
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Nov. 10, 2000 Music Review by Kate X Messer
Youssou N'Dour Joko (Nonesuch)
"...contrast to N'Dour's earlier energetic albums, Joko is more backbeat. The groove fuel is still there, but in an..."
Oct. 27, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch
Miriam Makeba Homeland (Putumayo)
"...de force delightfully couched in a rolling South African backbeat. More than an invitation to dance, the lyrics call..."
July 28, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch
Attacked by Lesbians
Just three good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm
"...event, Honky's most endearing trait is a nut-tight funky backbeat borrowed from ZZ Top that makes the booty sway..."
May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Saturday Night at the Bookstore
The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters
"...life on Glen Taylor's woozy guitar and a leaden backbeat. "It looks like every fucking piece of trash in..."
May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Dr. John Duke Elegant (Blue Note)
National Records
"...and obscure Ellingtonia set to a simmering, Crescent City backbeat. This works particularly well on the three instrumentals that..."
Feb. 18, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg
.38 Special Live at Sturgis (CMC/BMG)
"...genius song that is, with its slightly off, syncopated backbeat and pure, heavenly Southern rock harmony fifths. And how..."
Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kate X Messer
Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles (Epic/Sony)
"...Radio"). Compared to their debut, Evil Empire was more backbeat than powerchord, but the sledgehammer beats and licks were..."
Nov. 12, 1999 Music Review by David Lynch
Bernard Allison, Antone's, October 14
Descriptions of live shows
"...away as his band kept thumping out that heavy backbeat, the crowd was his. If word gets around, Allison..."
Oct. 22, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Gray
Mr. Smarty Pants
Horses, monster movies, and the blues backbeat.
"...Fred Below Jr. is credited with creating the blues backbeat, as well as other drumming innovations...."
Sept. 24, 1999 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
Reissues
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
"...made astonishing music. From mind-altering jazz wrecks to primordial backbeat sludge, this was original and experimental work, rendered understandable,..."
June 25, 1999 Music Feature
SXSW Records
Jeff Beck
"...-- Slowdive, Swervedriver, Lush. That guitar reverb, that loping backbeat, those breathy, androgynous vocals (those breathy, androgynous babes!). Truth..."
March 12, 1999 Music Feature
A World in Which All Worlds Fit
"...happy hour shows, the Continental is rarely without a backbeat. Regulars include Ted Roddy, Toni Price, T.D. Bell &..."
Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig
Live Shots
"...guitar hybrid of "Conversations Like These" and the up-and-out backbeat of "Welcome to My Mind" swathed the venue with..."
Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature
Texas Platters
"...pure ecstasy from all the horns as a subtle backbeat makes you wish you were Sammy Davis, Jr. The..."
Oct. 30, 1998 Music Review
Live Shots
Beastie Boys, Rancid, Asiandubfoundation
"...tubular fuzz slide that ran right up against the backbeat and locked it in a rapturous embrace. Then Cousin..."
Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature
Texas Platters
"...myriad of styles, some country flavor here, a mop-top backbeat there, keeps things cleverly confused. Still, when you strip..."
June 5, 1998 Music Review
Record Reviews
"...all he's learned and play instinctually - find a backbeat, a groove, and let's be honest, an audience. So..."
May 8, 1998 Music Review
Texas Platters
"...reprisal of the sound over a "Leaving Las Vegas" backbeat on "How." There is, however, an inherit allure to..."
April 17, 1998 Music Review
South by Spoken Word
No Slam, Thank You, Ma'am
"...history and contemporary life, with poetry, humor, and a backbeat. At last year's National Poetry Slam, GNO was the..."
March 20, 1998 Music Feature by Phil West
Texas Platters
"...universe hit single on account of its urgent, pulse-raising backbeat. All eight songs seem to be thematically tied together..."
Jan. 23, 1998 Music Review
Roadkill
"...Flavoring traditional Mexican cumbias with a hard-driving backbeat, the quartet -- singer-guitarists Ruben Guaderrama and Manuel Gonzalez,..."
Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature
Live Shots
"...4am booty calls, these NYC noisemakers beat rock's precious backbeat to a bloody pulp. As Rick Lee whomped on..."
April 4, 1997 Music Feature
Reissues
"...a hyper-kinetic Pickett lead vocal and a slight proto-funk backbeat laid down by the future Ohio Players. Meanwhile, the..."
Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature
True story: The
"...single word, such was the volume of screaming. Ringo's backbeat was vaguely audible. Hysterical, jumping girls bouncing on seats..."
Nov. 24, 1995 Column
Film Reviews
Recommended
"...afterschool special for the X-Generation. The earlier years Softley (Backbeat) spent in the video trenches serve him we ll..."
Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature
Film
Film Reviews
"...afterschool special for the X-Generation. The earlier years Softley (Backbeat) spent in the video trenches serve him well here,..."
Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature
Caught 'em in Autumn
Earthpig & Fire
"...be a rapid popping, the drumming a sharp R&B backbeat, and the keyboard a bill of Sixties pop riffs...."
Sept. 22, 1995 Music Feature
7 and 7 is
"...San Antonio's Jet Jaguar touches down with a strong backbeat, simple chords and hopeful, adolescent harmonies on "Smile/Juliana Says"..."
Sept. 22, 1995 Music Feature
Film
Film Reviews
"...saved by director Softley, who energized the Beatles' biopic, Backbeat. stars (R.F.) Arbor, Highland, Lake Creek, Movies 12, Northcross,..."
