http://handsomeboymodelingschool.com

http://www.myspace.com/handsomeboymodelingschoool

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handsome_Boy_Modeling_School

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Alternative Fusion , Rap Fusion
Sortie : 2004

Here at the Handsome Boy Modeling School, your image is your face is your friends is your life. We have beauty in the steps, in the lips, in the threads; you will be the chic all over the street; all the peoples will look at you and nod and murmur sweet nothings to the air you pass through, you little darling. This is our objective at Handsome Boy Modeling School, and you will know nothing else. You will be immersed in all the metropolitan styles; it will ensconce you like a cultural mousse of rich chocolate. You will be delicious!

It hurts to say it, no, it causes little friggin’ fork stabs of pain to traipse down my tongue and larynx, but my favorite track on Handsome Boy Modeling School’s White People is “Breakdown,” the track that features none other than, um, Jack Johnson. Shit. I confess and beg absolution. The piano notes and the squeezed fat opera woman, the scratches and the whistling, the damn egg shaker percussion, and Jack Johnson’s best Damon impersonation… I just can’t say no. I can’t say no.

Wholeness and integrity are things that don’t exist in the modern state of man. We are disparate elements of materialism and Freudian psychology and a hierarchy of needs struggling to find some spiritual or philosophical way to come together, but that quest is impossible and foolish and such a bore. Exist in glorious, decadent excess and make it your beauty. Focus all your efforts on simply becoming a model upon which all may pin labels of adoration. Image and style are the most universal standards of social appeal; only through the pursuit of them can you become everything to everyone, and only through becoming everything to everyone can you become anything to yourself. Handsome Boy Modeling will make this your reality.

Damn, and my second favorite track on White People is probably “Greatest Mistake,” featuring John Oates and Jamie Cullum, which is sort of pathetic when you think about it. It’s not that production whizzes Prince Paul and Dan the Automator have completely lost it; it’s just that they seem to have haphazardly thrown together a collections of skits and singles with about as much rhyme and reason as Sole on barbiturates or the middle section of Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas adaptation. Indeed, White People could very easily be called the sound of Prince Paul and Dan Nakamura playing Duke and Dr. Gonzo with their eclectic cast of cameos in psychedelic tow: Chan Marshall, RZA, Bixler from Mars Volta, Lord Finesse, Dres of Black Sheep, that Franz Ferdinand guy, Mike Patton, Tim Meadows shooting his “Ladies Man” shtick all over the place, hell, where’s Master P’s mom?

Polish your nails into a brilliance that shadows the sun! Curl and lotion your hair until its waves are strong enough to erode the stoniest of hearts! Practice that accent! Affectation of status and popularity shows desire; what you desire most, you will have… with the help of white people and the Handsome Boy Modeling School, of course.

Sure, the album contains at least half a dozen solid tracks, but I should be careful lest I cast the impression that this motley crew of material makes for one wild, zany ride. Even the most daring songs here are glossy and safe enough to chart on the billboards for their respective genres; White People puffs its chest boldly only in its apparent contempt for cohesion and consistency. The schizophrenia on display here is not of the dramatic sort that intrigues or interests; it’s a very real disorder that befuddles and annoys the listener. Swinging with conceptual neglect and fashion wax, the Handsome Boy Modeling School’s latest attempt to cover all the bases flies apart at the seams.

We will blow you up, boy!

by Chet Betz
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Tracklist :
1. Intro
2. If It Wasn't For You
3. Are You Down With It?
4. The World's Gone Mad
5. Dating Game
6. Breakdown
7. It's Like That
8. I've Been Thinking
9. Rock And Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2
10. The Hours
11. Class System
12. First...And Then
13. A Day In The Life
14. Greatest Mistake
15. Dating Game Part 2
16. Outro

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http://www.fivealarmfunk.com

http://www.myspace.com/fivealarmfunkmusic

Origine du Groupe : Canada
Style : Funk , Fusion , Alternative Rock , Ska , Afro , Instrumental
Sortie : 2010

Composé de 11 membres, ce groupe afro/funk nous livre ici un album IRRESITIBLE !!
Amateurs de James Brown (surtout) et de Santana (aussi), vous devez absolument vous le procurer.
Une seule chose à dire : jugez par vous même, c'est tout du long comme ça  !!

par momo1951
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1. Infernal Monologue
2. Zenith Escalator
3. Titan
4. Demons Be Gone
5. Brother Egypt
6. Payday
7. Cave Of The Gypsy Troll
8. Soft Six
9. Doctor Child
10. Broadway
11. Interlude
12. UK-47
13. Uncle Meatball
14. Face Riot

 

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http://www.joke-joke.net

http://www.myspace.com/dibimjoke

 

Origine du Groupe : France
Style : Punk , Hip Hop , Ragga , Alternative Fusion
Sortie : 2010

 

From Official Myspace :
Formation explosive de 8 musiciens issus de la banlieue parisienne. Dans leurs compositions, ils mêlent punk, ragga, soukouss, rock, fusion, hip hop, etc ... ça part dans tous les sens : cuivres et scratchs déjantés, textes impliqués et section rythmique enragée.
An explosive band of 8 musicians from the Parisian suburbs. In their compositions, they mix punk, ragga, soukouss, rock'n'roll, fusion, hip hop, etc… that goes in all directions: mad brass section and Dj scratches, engaged texts and heavy rhythmic section !
Eksplozivan bend koji sacinjava 8 muzicara iz pariškog predgrada. Muzika je mješavina punka, reaggea, soukouss, rock, fusion, hip-hop...Vatrena poslastica za slušna osjetila u kojoj se ispreplicu brass instrumenti, scratch, angažirani tekstovi i neobicne ritmicne muzicke sekcije
Formación explosiva de 8 músicos de las afueras de París. En sus temas mezclan punk, reggae, soukouss, rock, fusión, hip hop, etc ... una perfecta miscelànea musical: seccion de vientos y scratchs completamente alucinados, letras comprometidas y ritmo rabioso.
Diese französische Power-Gruppe verschmilzt Punk, Ragga, Soukous*, Rock, Fusion, Hip Hop und vieles mehr zu einer Mischung, über die man nur sagen kann: Hochexplosiv! Mit ihren hochenergetischen Songs bringen sie die Säle zum Kochen, denn bei diesen treibenden Rhythmen, bombigen Scratchs, flippigen Bläsereinwürfen und mitreißenden Texten bleibt kein Auge mehr trocken und kein Fuß mehr still.

 

Tracklist :
1 - Crie ton nom
2 - Reflexes identitaires
3 - Le temps s'gate
4 - Delegue zero
5 - Taf taf 12
6 - C'est foutu
7 - Ca me grise
8 - Cocktail
9 - Antiterrorisme
10 - Monde de merde
11 - Monde de merde outro
12 - Le monde bouge
13 - Under rakija
14 - Mutins remix

 

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http://abbasibrothers.com

http://www.myspace.com/abbasibros

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Alternative , Psychedelic , Downtempo , Post Rock
Sortie : 2008

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http://lacaravanepasse.com

http://www.myspace.com/lacaravanepasse

Origine du Groupe : France
Style : Alternative Fusion , Folklore
Sortie : 2010

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