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| world'stallest woman, hip hop, cd, artists, space, ipod, trance, videos, refer, l brent bozell, online store, anarchist, chow, tees, blog, dub, incestgrrl, column, | engineer? janitor? Beastie Boys?) had the presence of mind to fade them in the studio. Not higher education so for the Betas, a puzzling lapse in light of the fact that higher education Heroes to Zeros—the Edinburgh-based higher education quartet's third album and their first since 2001's Hot Shots II—crackles with spectacularly crafty arrangements. (Clarification: For once, they don't sound like Dire Straits remixed by Beck.) Album opener "Assessment," a gently rolling rocker, culminates with a concise but convoluted freak-out driven by guitarist-vocalist Steve Mason's sticky-fingered rhythm and a wall of horns that simultaneously evokes Sam & Dave's "Soul Man" and "Tonight," by Supergrass. The interlude is so packed with stop-start surprises and whimsical flourishes that its anticlimactic ending only makes you wince a little bit. |
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| Talk Talk Calendar Arts Arts Home Visual Arts Stage & Dance Classical Music Books anarchist Film Film Home In Theaters anarchist Interviews DVDs Diversions Diversions Home Sign Language Dategirl Classifieds Classifieds Home Personals Adult June 30, 2004MusicCD Reviews By Grant Brissey, Laura Cassidy, Michael Daddino, Tim Finney, Michaelangelo Matos, Amy anarchist Phillips, Rod Smith, and Yancey Strickler THE BETA BAND Heroes to Zeros (Astralwerks) The Beta Band have the worst song endings since Luscious Jackson. The same ones, too, both of them: a single, mildly ringing chord, delivered out of nowhere with even less authority than drama, and a simple, abrupt halt. Such lazy exit strategies seem natural for L.J., who had the depth of a tortilla chip and an air of psychic inertia so vicious that you couldn't help but marvel at their ability to start songs, let alone finish them. But the fizzlefest tainted Jackson's live shows alone; someone (producer? |
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