“The music is a mix between old skool hip-hop and northern soul and going for a dynamic feel like a double dutch team.” That’s how Go! Team leader Ian Parton described his band’s sound in a recruitment ad a few years ago, but he was probably forced to be brief. Actually, it’s something of a game among critics to identify the whole mess of other genres the Team throws around. Their solid pop-rock foundation is distinctively sauced with blaring horns and cascading drums inspired by seventies action TV shows, as well as hip-hop and rap, punk and new wave, and unintelligible cheerleader rants that recall the sassiness of Kathleen Hanna from Le Tigre. Throw in some Bollywood and Motown, some harmonica and banjo, and you have the makings of a sonic disaster. But in the hands of these six energetic Brits, it’s positively ebullient. And while they don’t shun scratching and sampling, it seems that what they love best is analog sound, served straight-up and raw at a live show. 612-332-1775; www.first-avenue.com
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