Sarah Bettens
Never Say Goodbye
Cocoon Records
By Al Kaufman
The idea of putting out an unplugged acoustic CD is nothing new, but few are able to utilize the form to its full effect the way Sarah Bettens. A superstar in Europe, especially Belgium, Bettens is essentially known in the US for the song "Not an Addict," a '90s hit she scored with her band, K’s Choice.
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Datarock
Red
Nettwerk
By Micah McLain
The Norwegian
duo in the flashy red tracksuits have returned. Red, the followup to
2005's Datarock Datarock, finds the band paying homage to the '80s and questioning our current society's obsession with technology. While none of
the tracks on Red approach the sheer funk and danceability of the
massively ad-friendly "FaFaFa" or the humor of "Computer Camp Love," the album
is much more cohesive overall with several songs that are memorable for their
unique style and range of sounds. Album opener "The Blog" is an electro-industrial
indictment of the massive affect that the creation of the internet has had on
our culture, weaving sound bites about the world wide web into what is made to
sound like a live Datarock performance.
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