My Sister's Limited Wisdom

My sister occasionally has a moment in which she actually presents something worth examining in the music world, considering her normal tastes are less then palatable to me. Presenting Flobots:

This Denver hip-hop group released their new album, Fight With Tools, last October. The video is their new music video, "Handlebars", which is a decent example of the style present on the album. Their lyrics are, to say the least, politically motivated, and remind me vaguely to my old days of rocking out to The Battle for Los Angeles. Political dissension is fun, boys and girls!

Although their lyrics are a bit simplistic sometimes, and their samplings repetitive, they have a very enjoyable sound. I always think it can be difficult to properly merge hip-hop with rock sounds, and few actually do it well. Oddly enough, yet again, the track "Anne Braden" is the favorite of both Ann and I; it's a biopic of the civil-rights activist of the same name, and pulls you directly into her story of "a child of Mississippi, [who's] ashamed of it today". Fight With Tools is a decent example of the "popular" underground. I approve.

Thanks Ann.

Benjamin