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"...soulful wail, and “Bag of Hammers” unloaded a funky backbeat that sent her bopping side to side along to..."
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Aug. 7, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman
Mothership Connection
Space is place for the hip-hop race
"...for the new black world had developed a mean backbeat. 'We Have Returned to Claim the Pyramids'..."
July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger
The Jungle Rockers
"...of the garage like Link Wray with a ferocious backbeat, the six tracks mod out the local quartet's familiar..."
July 11, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman
Floorshaker
Boris spikes Mohawk
"...name with thick Lizzy guitar harmonies and a pulsing backbeat, over which double-necked guitarist Takeshi outlined the Boris experience..."
July 3, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell
Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Everything
What do Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds have in common? Prince, Maceo Parker, and Larry Harlow!
"...explains. "It's old-school ideas, but we bring a modern backbeat. When you mix those things together – boom! –..."
June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett
Rock & Roll Summer Reading
"...Tell the Truth Until They Bleedby Josh Alan Friedman Backbeat Books, 262 pp., $19.95 (paper)..."
May 30, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Greg Ginn & the Taylor Texas Corrugators, Gone, and Mojack
"...old-timey piano and upright bass atop Steve DeLollis' bare-bones backbeat, Ginn casually embarks on twangy guitar explorations. Guess that's..."
May 23, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell
I See Dead People
The Black Angels conjure Austin's psychedelic renaissance
"...Haunting at 1300," which slows a bare-bones, Bo Diddley backbeat into one throbbing pulse. Subtlety shifting direction, Bailey straps..."
May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Diasporic
"...Blaxsmith, "G-Spot" fixing to "funk your mind" with a backbeat that flows into a "Cool Rivers" afternoon swank complete..."
April 18, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger
Donita Sparks & the Stellar Moments
"...Dead," but its fattened fuzz-tone guitar and a lockstep backbeat toll righteously Joan Jett. Shimmering 1950s soda-fountain riff-pull "Headcheck"..."
March 28, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Destroyer
Friday
"...Fisher Rose kept driving the skins, providing a strong backbeat, while Bejar and his guitar team rocked new material,..."
March 21, 2008 Music Review by Dan Oko
Spotlight: Magic Christian
SF supergroup Magic Christian rises from the ashes of groovy
"...the Heat" combines Mersey-flavored harmonies with an unrelenting Stones backbeat, while "Too Close to Zero" resonates like a 1968..."
March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Mexican Combo Platter
SXSW showcase reviews
"...on Baby Jesus," sung over a deeply thumping, dance-techno backbeat. Unfortunately, it didn't move beyond its initial intrigue. There..."
March 14, 2008 Music Review by Belinda Acosta
Wednesday Picks
"...Kamara Thomas' funk-laced bass, and Big Ricc Sheridan's booming backbeat, NYC's Earl Greyhound lays soulful harmonies across Led Zep's..."
March 7, 2008 Music Feature
Holiday in Cambodia
by:Larm 2008
"...bass between sisters Enni and Riina Kivelä, frontwoman and backbeat respectively. Finland’s tiny town of Salla kisses polar extremes..."
Feb. 25, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Levon Helm
"...good reason. Diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998, the backbeat of the Band was left bankrupt and voiceless, slowly..."
Dec. 28, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman
Youssou N'dour
"...Africa Calling)" marries traditional Senegalese sounds to a hip-hop backbeat, a tantalizing combo spoiled by an unfortunate English rap..."
Dec. 28, 2007 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett
Car Stereo (Wars)
"...of FM nostalgia slammed up against a propulsive urban backbeat deserves another (and another and another). Too often CS(W)'s..."
Aug. 31, 2007 Music Review by Marc Savlov
7 and 7 Is
"The Underdog (demo)" b/w "It Took a Rumor to Make Me Wonder, Now I'm Convinced I'm Going Under," Live at CBGB, "Committed to Wind" b/w "Stow Away," "Cut the Kite String" b/w "Circumsize Me"
"...production -- the mariachi horns, shakers, and Jim Eno's backbeat -- leaving frontman Britt Daniel snarling with an acoustic..."
Aug. 3, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell
The Fratellis
"...Stoner," not unlike the Arctic Monkeys. With an unfailing backbeat and chunky guitars, "Henrietta" and iPod plug "Flathead" work..."
April 13, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell
The Woggles
"...title track calls to action horns and a Motown backbeat, while "It's Not About What I Want (It's What..."
March 16, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets
Wednesday Sleepers
The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts directly afterwards
"...of Beijing trio RTROS skanks on Ma Hui's Eighties backbeat, Liu Min's Eighties basslines, and Hua Dong's Eighties Brit-wave..."
March 9, 2007 Music Feature
Perfect Liberty
To find themselves, the subjects of this year's rock docs found that they had to follow their own sound
"...its outlines – a few simple chords, a basic backbeat, a touch of distorted guitar – and a vague..."
March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Dead Moon
"...Got a Gun" are pure one-two-let's-go, while the pummeling backbeat of "Area 51" and "Psychodelic Nightmare" are both more..."
Dec. 15, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder
Rock & Roll Books
Gift Guide
"...Backbeat, 360 pp., $17.95 (paper)..."
Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Rock & Roll Books
Gift Guide
"...Backbeat, 320 pp., $24.95..."
Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
ACL Fest Live Shots
Saturday, Sept. 16, Zilker Park
"...a pattern: sultry female vocals floating over a trip-hop backbeat, subharmonic bass, snap percussion, spacey samples, and mellifluously relaxed..."
Sept. 22, 2006 Music Feature by David Lynch
ACL Fest Live Shots
Sunday, Sept. 17, Zilker Park
"...of the mind powered by a tribal, Mo Tucker-style backbeat. Despite a varied palate of instrumentation that includes a..."
Sept. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Rock & Roll Books
Summer reading
"...Backbeat, 272 pp., $16.95..."
June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Rock & Roll Books
Summer reading
"...background, and the drums usually delivering a pounding two-four backbeat, which made the rhythms virtually irresistible." Universal hits "Ain't..."
June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel
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