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Also this issue: Smart Bombs Atmosphere Salif Keita Sleater-Kinney/Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Parks & Wilson The Anniversary/ Burning Brides Beat Box |
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October 17-23, 2002
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New Yorkers Skeleton Key can see beauty in any object; just ask junk-percussionist Rick Lee, whose kit can, depending on the day, consist of a used-up propane tank or an old red wagon or a discarded hubcap (or all three). The band as a whole shares this penchant for turning one man's trash into another listener's razor-and-wire rockers; the result sounds like tantrums from the progeny of XTC's "Black Sea" and Faith No More's "Angel Dust." Skeleton Key's latest release, the sparse, herky-jerky "Obtanium," even features a few admonishments from an old Speak & Spell. Their lean tributes to recycled culture make them a perfect fit on the Ipecac Records roster, one that's increasingly becoming crowded (but never too crowded) with giddily intelligent bands turning out jaw-dropping rock. Whoever realized that such a market existed in this dark, dark age deserves a medal -- at the very least, it could eventually be added to Lee's ever-mutating kit.
Tue., Oct. 22, 8 p.m., $8, with Marrow and Dysrythmia, The Balcony, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE.
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