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August 18, 2003
The Three E.P.'s
The Beta Band
You know that scene in High Fidelity where John Cusack puts on the Beta Band and everyone in the store instantly starts nodding their heads in time to the music and generally looks much happier than they did five seconds before? This is the power of the Beta Band. Truly. That song, "Dry the Rain," opens this album, and by three minutes in you will be utterly hypnotized and begging for more. And more you shall receive, in the form of gems like "Dogs Got a Bone," a gentle singalong accompanied by bongoes and what sounds like a melodica, and "She's the One." "It's Over" features a bass line plucked out on an upright bass and lazily rapped-out lyrics that shifts into utter fantasia complete with tinkling xylophone and bird calls. Leave it to a bunch of white guys from Scotland to make some of the more engaging trip-hop around these days.


   



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Get Skintight
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You Come and Go Like a Pop Song
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The B-52's
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The Three E.P.'s
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Let My Burden Be
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Dilate
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Human Conditions
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La Bella Mafia
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Heart of a Legend
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Palomine
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Evolve
05.26.03
Gotham!
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1000 Kisses
05.12.03
Times of Grace
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Ultra Sex
04.28.03
Le Tigre
04.21.03
Kaleidoscope
04.14.03
American IV: The Man Comes Around
04.07.03
The Kiss of Morning
03.31.03
Going Driftless
03.24.03
My Aim Is True
03.17.03
Falling Stars and Broken Hearts
03.10.03
Aida
03.03.03
Changesbowie
02.24.03
Mellow Gold
02.17.03
I Get Wet
02.10.03
One by One
02.03.03
Mostly Ape
01.27.03
Negro Necro Nekros
01.20.03
Blood on the Tracks
01.13.03
Out of Season
01.06.03
Licensed to Ill


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