McCoy’s band, featuring guitarist Matt Wagner of Athens regulars The Bygones, crafts heartfelt Americana tinged with the occasional lap steel and accordion. Though the band’s recordings don’t show off its instrumental prowess, it showcases a first-rate hip-hop pedigree: infectious beats under intelligent rhymes, especially on “Get Your Shit Together.”Ĭhris McCoy and the Gospel and Salvage complete an utterly diverse bill. The Lab Rats are a duo making “thrift shop hip hop,” featuring DJ KW, who adds the keyboards and percussion while Brian Brown raps with a guitar in his hand. Let’s hope that not everybody is going home like me, as these bands are worth your attention. What a shame that three fine Columbus acts should share a stage together with no local support, and on the night before Easter no less. The Lab Rats, Chris McCoy and the Gospel, Salvage 10 p.m. The twosome will play a show at The Comet this Thursday." - MIKE BREEN
Think Eminem (without the faux gansta-isms) getting high and jamming with Dan the Automator and you're in the ballpark. Rapper/guitarist/songwriter Brian Brown is a clever wordplaya, blending pop culture and social observations seemlessly into his droll, banging lyrical concoction, while Kelly Warner holds it all together with his imaginative soundscaping (warner blends DJ-ing with keyboard grooves). Next on that list could be C-Town duo The Lab Rats, whose EP, Short Order, throws back to olld school Hip Hop and adds a deft comedic touch that would make the Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest and Biz Markie smirk in approval.
Along those lines, Columbus, Ohio, looks to be becoming a hot spot, producing acclaimed artists like RJD2 and Blueprint. "Unlike the expected hotbeds that developed around mainstream Hip Hop (Atlanta, L.A., New York), the rise of "Indie Hip Hop" is making for some interesting, unanticipated new breeding grounds.
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