Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Galactic NY Times Review

Check out: Funk That Shows Off By Holding Back is written by John Pareles.

Here's a bit: "Most jam bands live for the chance to mix up genres and charge off on improvisational tangents. Galactic, a band from New Orleans that played two sets at Roseland on Friday night, isn't one of them. Its songs have a more utilitarian goal: to get people dancing. A Galactic song that starts out as a funk tune stays that way all the way through, keeping the groove steady and the structure obvious. Galactic accepts the discipline of funk: the repetition and deliberate space that give the music its solidity and swing. The musicians show off by restraining themselves."

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