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Reviews > CDs

Published: 2010/10/21

by Brad Farberman

The Bad Plus: Never Stop

E1 Music

The Bad Plus is not the first to use the phrase “Never Stop”—rock and pop acts from Jackson Browne to Hilary Duff have already used it. But there’s nothing tired about the trio’s music, especially on Never Stop, the band’s first album of all original material. On “Bill Hickman at Home,” the boys jump from a bluesy, gutbucket march into a waltz-time feel, with a long, vocal solo from double bassist Reid Anderson. “People Like You” is a blue and sentimental ballad, which comes out of the jazz tradition but doesn’t intend to turn back. And, after four minutes, the chaotic “The Radio Tower Has a Beating Heart” switches gears into a frolicsome, major key odd-meter groove. Ten years on, TBP are still full of surprises.
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Suidarat August 30, 2012, 22:51:34

This was my first time seeing Faith No More after hanvig listened to them for decades. I have never been so high on this band as I am after seeing them live. One of the best live bands I’ve ever seen. Patten is the real deal he can sing anything and everything and flows flawlessly from one style to the next. His beat box is anything but cheesy and his vocal range is among the best in rock. The best thing about FTM was that they still sound current and relevant all the eclectic cool that Muse tries to be without the pretention. All the heavy crunchy metal rock of the best of the era, while hanvig the ability to seamlessly flow into Lionel Richie and play it convincingly. Coming out with Reunited was touching in a way that had the whole room smiling and singing along. Patten is a master stage performer he had the audience immediately in the palm of his hand, and a Monday night sellout crowd was on their feet the entire show. I cannot say enough about how impressive this gig was, and I am really hoping it’s not a 1-time deal. This band should be playing arenas, as they more than filled the tiny Warfield with sound. It was like when I saw Tool there just too small of a room for this huge of a band. Hopefully they’ll keep on playing because this is one of the tightest live bands you’ll see today, and 13 years later they rock every bit as hard as ever, and harder than many contemporary bands that try to be all the things FTM really is. 5 stars incredible show. 4 encores was 5 encores too few. Simply fantastic. Words don’t do it justice.

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