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I decided I am going to start a “Song of the Week” on this blog. Every week I will post a blog about a new song that I have found that I think is really great. There will be links to where you can listen to the song online and also purchase it.<\/p>\n

\"Ninjaspy\"<\/a>
Ninjaspy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first Song of the Week (SOTW) is a track by a band based in Vancouver BC Canada called Ninjaspy<\/strong> (band web site<\/a>, myspace<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Ninjaspy is innovative in that they combine and blend genres in their music. They are a Hardcore Punk Rock band mixed with Funk and Ska\/Reggae. Fusion is something I really enjoy, whether it is with food<\/a>, music, or even other kinds of art.<\/p>\n

While this blog is primarily about jazz and jazz piano, my friends have said that I have eclectic tastes in music, and I intend to write about any sort of music that I think is good. I was listening to the tracks on the Ninjaspy myspace page<\/a> in the background and was working on something else, and suddenly I thought, hey, that’s a really cool song.<\/p>\n

The song is called Hit by a Cement Mixer<\/strong> (iTunes link<\/a>, imeem link<\/a>). It’s a hugely dynamic song, going from a gentle whisper of a city soundscape to full on Hardcore screaming, to a catchy ska groove.<\/p>\n

The best part of it is at 1:22 in the track (and several other times where the section is repeated), where there is a relaxing lull moment (just before 1:22) followed by a burst of guitar and excited screaming that ends in a harmonically beautiful guitar cadence.<\/p>\n

The lyrics are quite graphic and dark, but poetic. I didn’t catch all of them when I was listening to the song, but when I read them on a lyrics site<\/a> I was a bit shocked. But a fairly depressing theme goes along with the band’s Hardcore and edgy roots – it’s crying out and it says something.<\/p>\n

[JPC]<\/p>\n

Ninjaspy<\/strong>
\nSong: Hit by a Cement Mixer
\nAlbum: Nature
\nOfficial Web Site<\/a>
\nAlbum page at CDBaby<\/a>
\nListen on : iTunes<\/a>, imeem<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hit By a Cement Mixer – ninjaspy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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