Singleversity #20

Audiversity’s weekly column, slightly modified, on random music in a predetermined number of words between 1 & 150. This week's randomly generated number: 98.

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I dropped "Crooked Booty" by Atlanta supergroup Dungeon Family the other night at a party and was surprised at how many people there were unaware of their existence (all of them). A one-off experiment that resulted in the incredibly fun though slightly underwhelming 2001 album Even in Darkness, the Dungeon Fam was made up of rap groups Outkast and Goodie Mob, production outfits Organized Noize and Earthtone III and a couple other scattered Atlanta emcees. Easily the sum of its parts, EiD bounces with that quirky early-aughts Southern hop and the wonderful eclecticism of the minds involved.

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Though there are a ton of bands out of Brooklyn and it’s often difficult to tell who’s good from who isn’t, The Social Registry quartet Telepathe has been stellar since their four-song debut Farewell Forest in February 2006. Focused around part-time dancer Busy Gangnes and New Orleans transplant Melissa Livaudais (who was recently featured here for her work as “Coronation” in First Nation), Hoss Records 12” single "Bells" is their freshest, most novel processing yet. Dance enough to hit the clubs and avant-rock enough to please the elitists, “Bells” is a sublime slice of perfectly harmonized, challenging space-pop.