Dirty Girl Things
Monday, December 25, 2006
Number Twenty-Seven
Listen as three Independents shine.
This is an occasional feature focusing on musicians that will capture both your ear and your soul with their music and melodies. And when you hear them, you’ll stop what you’re doing...and listen.
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Thievery Corporation
You’ve probably heard their songs...somewhere...commercials, an episode of the West Wing, a MTV promo, or even the movie “Garden State”. But chances are that Thievery Corporation is probably one of the best kept secrets from Washington DC. The instrumentals and beats in their music will keep your attention as they cross a spectrum of downtempo, electronica, jazz, Indian classical, and Brazilian beats all fused together. “The Hong Kong Triad” & “Lebanese Blonde” (from The Mirror Conspiracy album) and “The Glass Bead Game” (from the Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi album) are definitive examples of that distinctive Thievery Corporation sound. Check ‘em out.
TDR
One of Italy’s finest, The Dining Rooms, has a distinctive sound which blends jazz, electronica, and ambient. Singles like “Invocation”, “Cosi Ti Amo”, & “Catania City Blues” (from the Numero Deux album) and “Prigionieri Del Deserto”, “La Citta Nuda”, “Astro Black”, & “You” (from the Tre album) will make you believe!
And…
Torso
Torso has some brilliant and sexy tunes. “Acid Jazz with a Hip hop sense. Miles meets Fatboy Slim”—Broadjam.com, July 2005. The Boston duo blends funky, cool jazz that goes from downbeat one moment to a 60 mph heartbeat the next and then finally, slowly rounds the curve on Lake Shore Drive on a warm Chicago summer afternoon. “My Pretty Antidote” defines that unique Torso kind of cool in the way that Miles Davis did with the “Birth of the Cool”. “My Pretty Antidote”, “Alpha Almighty”, “Sanjibel”, “Sky Train”, & “King Rabbit” (from the Percolatin’ with Lucifer album). Take a listen to a complete listing of their tunes at Broadjam, the connection to independent music, by doing a search on the artist name.
Sincerely.
Eve and JW3 and Mélisande
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