Buffalo Tom - BirdbrainBuffalo Tom (Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginnis) formed at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1984 a breeding ground of post punk guitar bands like Dinosaur Jr. and Pixies. The three longstanding bandmates recognize the achievement of their longevity as a creative unit. Initially offering a raw, propulsive sound that emphasized Janovitzs imposing guitar squall, Buffalo Toms early approach gave way to a more melodic, yet no less

'Drumbeat' (later titled 'Drumbeat For Baby') has a brittle

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hypnotic drumming and transcendent melodic interplay

Girls Gone Rockin‰۪ sees chart-topping R&B mamas rubbing shoulders with boogie woogie country gals

Primarily an instrumental album 'Trance' covers everything from minimal electro and polyrhythmic sequences to rhythm heavy industrial dance tracks

How much time must we spend examining our own past in order to fully understand it

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The South London-based group’s first studio album

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created a model of forward propulsion away from hidebound rock cliches

"We always found it difficult to stay in this one lane of what people think gospel is supposed to be

while keeping their lyrical eye between the personal and the political