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?As the name Clinton suggests, Ben Ayres and Tjinder Singh's vacation from Cornershop delivers a lot of funk mixed with some social commentary. Their debut album, Disco and the Halfway to Discontent, explores the politics of dancing -- or dance music, at any rate -- by applying a stripped-down, {lo-fi} sensibility to disco's glitter, reggae's groove, and funk's insistent pulse. The opening track, People Power in the Disco Hour, is one of their best dance manifestos, combining a bare-bones beat with funky ...   [ read more ]

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The Velvet Underground, among the most influential bands of all time, are credited with creating a streetwise, pre-punk sensibility that has become inseparable from the popular image of downtown New York. "Discovered" by Andy Warhol in 1966, the VU - with their original line-up of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Mo Tucker - would soon become the house band of the avant-garde, composing songs simultaneously furious in their abrasiveness and beautiful in their pathos, standing in striking contras...   [ read more ]

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