Friday, November 19, 2010

Aswan North turns his voice to melodic ends, it's like Robert Plant

Other Stages : Paper Tongues (4-5 p.m., Troo Music Lounge), a seven-piece outfit from Charlotte, is oddly compelling for its decision to mine one of the least-loved moments in recent musical history, the rock-rap surge of the late nineties. When you have sneering men gyrating in tight black pants to a hard-rock riff, there's an unavoidable element of comedy involved, but the band is wholly committed, the rhythm section keeps time like a crystal oscillator, and when frontman Aswan North turns his voice to melodic ends, it's like Robert Plant has dropped by the pub to sing a number with the boys ...



http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/06/bonnaroo-music-festival-the-incomplete-guide/58067/

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