SOUNDBETS
| Band: | Atmosphere |
| Song: | "You" |
| Album: | "When Life Gives You Lemons..." (Rhymesayers) |
| Sounds Like: | Hip hip-hop, it don't stop. |
| D.C. Bound: | Oct. 10, Ram Head's Live, Baltimore. |
| Get More: | Web Site | MySpace | Right click to download the "Strictly Leakage" mixtape |
EVERYBODY KNOWS OASIS borrows from The Beatles, even tone-deaf reviewers who pan "Dig Out Your Soul" despite it being the "best guitar record in years." But new allegations are saying that Oasis have ripped off a knight — and no, it's not Sir Paul McCarthy and Wings.
[Sir] Cliff Richard, "Devil Woman" (1976)
Oasis, "The Turning"(2008)
| Band: | Wye Oak |
| Song: | "Please Concrete" |
| Album: | "If Children" (Merge) |
| Sounds Like: | Mazzy Star, Jesus & Mary Chain, Cowboy Junkies. Recalls so many great indie-rock records from the late '80s and early '90s. |
| D.C. Bound: | Black Cat, Dec. 4. |
| Get More: | Web Site | Label Site | MySpace |
| Band: | Kid Rock |
| Song: | "Roll On" |
| Album: | "Rock 'n' Roll Jesus" |
| Sounds Like: | Every single classic rock ballad ever — which is why the song is so catchy, just like "All Summer Long" (whose thefts were more overt). Look, I know Kid Rock is a douche bag, but as a native Michiganian, his douche-baggery is my douche-baggery. Plus, I am sentimental for all the video's images of Detroit as only — and I mean only — a Motor City-born kid can be. |
| D.C. Bound: | No. |
| Get More: | Web Site | MySpace | Wiki |
| Band: | Alicia Keys & Jack White |
| Song: | "Another Way to Die" |
| Album: | From the forthcoming James Bond movie, "Quantum of Solace." |
| Sounds Like: | The White Stripes gone Carly Simon soundtrack large. It's no "Live and Let Die" or "A View to a Kill" or "The Living Daylights (what up, a-ha!?!), but it's better than that piece of trash Chris Cornell turned in for the otherwise awesome "Casino Royale." |
| D.C. Bound: | Right, and they're bringing Shirley Bassey along for support. |
| Get More: | James Bond Theme Music Wiki | 007 Official | "Quantum of Solace" Wiki |
| Band: | Black Flag |
| Song: | "Rise Above" & "American Waste" |
| Album: | From an old Target Video |
| Sounds Like: | Wall Street collapsing. |
| D.C. Bound: | Henry Rollins will be at the Birchmere Nov. 3 for a pre-election rant. |
| Get More: | Black Flag Fan Site | Target Video Wiki | Black Flag Wiki |
| Band: | Keep of Kalessin |
| Song: | "Ascendant" |
| Album: | "Kolossus" (Nuclear Blast) |
| Sounds Like: | Norwegian death-black metal. On a side note, I thought a Keep of Kalessin lyric in the song "Escape the Union" from the same album was "MY BACK HURTS TODAY!" And I was like, "Awesome! There's nothing more hell-ish and scary and pissed-off-person-making than a slipped disc — and I should know! And how advanced that Keep of Kalessin is using real-life horrors to express pain and suffering rather than standard ol' sacri-religious lyrics." But then I listened back and dude is screaming, "MY BLACK-HEARTED FATE!" So, I just went and took four Advil and hope the sciatica pain shooting down my left leg subsides soon. |
| D.C. Bound: | Thu., Oct. 2 at Jaxx in Springfield, Va. |
| Get More: | Web Site | MySpace | Wiki |
| Band: | Busy Signal |
| Song: | "Tic Toc" |
| Album: | "Loaded" (VP Records) |
| Sounds Like: | Bounty Killer, Mavado, Vybz Kartel |
| D.C. Bound: | Nah gwan. |
| Get More: | Label Site | MySpace | Wiki |
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