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Hype Monitor: Lacrosse, Personal & the Pizzas, Oddisee

5/21/09, 4:57 pm EST

Personal & the Pizzas


Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet to find the ones you need to hear now.

The Band: Lacrosse
The Buzz: You cannot stop Sweden. Adorable, boy/girl vocals bound over banging piano and bouncing percussion.
Listen If: You do not want to stop Sweden. Sticky-sweet and irresistible, Lacrosse are a straight shot of summertime pop.
Key Track: “We Are Kids,” a breathless shot of energy tied up by a big, silvery riff.

The Band: Personal & the Pizzas
The Buzz: Crust-Punk Pizza! Personal & Co write gutter-dwelling punk songs with lyrics about, um, pizza.
Listen If: You love the Ramones, have outgrown Weird Al, and your sense of humor is twisted as Little Caeser’s crazy bread.
Key Track: “I Don’t Wanna Be No Personal Pizza,” it’s slimy, grimy riffing and drawling vocals sounding like Iggy Pop… with a serious craving for… yeah… you know the rest.

The Band: Oddisee
The Buzz: Limber lyrics and clean, precise flow characterize this DC producer’s throwback rap tracks.
Listen If: You still hold out hope for a great new De La Soul record, or are considering getting a tattoo that reads “Back in the Day…”
Key Track: “Drugs Outside,” where crisp flow courtesy of rappers Pooh and Black Milk crackles over Oddisee’s bed of humid strings and ambling rhythms.


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nikki stewart | 6/3/2009, 3:50 pm EST

Personal & the pizzas rock big time!! Drew Cramer is kick ass if ya ask me. Great band! I hope they become a huge success.

Kim Young | 6/3/2009, 7:03 pm EST

Way tah go Drew!! Keep it personal and keep the pizzah comin! Rock on! I love you guys!

Greydon Clark | 6/4/2009, 12:32 pm EST

Drew Cramer is the sexist man in America.

ruth loper | 6/6/2009, 10:45 pm EST

Personal and the pizzas are freaking fantastic! Keep it coming guy’s….would follow your music anywhere.

nikki stewart | 6/6/2009, 10:47 pm EST

Love you guy’s, your music is great…Drew Cramer rocks!!!

amanda Daley | 6/6/2009, 10:53 pm EST

Oh my god!! These guy’s are so fantastic! way better then the Ramones. Keep it coming. You all rock!!!

Linda Stewart | 6/8/2009, 2:06 pm EST

Personal & the Pizzas are the band to watch…they are going to take over the world! Drew Cramer has got it going on!!

mello | 6/13/2009, 4:09 am EST

Tribe Called Quest 2010 Oddisee
the show package I want to see.

You can’t go anywhere in Hiphop
without knowing what Oddisee is
doing, cat’s all over music.

It’s been a steady stream of dope music for fans to listen to: 101, Mental Liberation, Odd Summer Ep, DIamond DIstrict, and the upcoming Instrumentals Volume 3.

trespass | 6/13/2009, 4:47 am EST

oddisee is that dude! beats are banging, rhymes are dope, and knows how to perform, all round cool cat! been honored to meet him.

Hey! Bulldog Soundlabs | 6/17/2009, 10:06 am EST

Don’t forget about the Oddisee produced Stik Figa LP coming out soon. I engineered some of it, so I can vouch for how good it’s gonna be.

Billy Corgan | 7/21/2009, 5:08 pm EST

Man these Pizzas know how to make a slice. Its a pizza party everywhere they GO!

Anonymous | 8/11/2009, 1:18 pm EST

Personal rules! Saw them on tour in San Diego with The Points. Rad time!

PIZZA FACE | 8/11/2009, 1:19 pm EST

Personal rules! Saw them on tour in San Diego with The Points. Rad time!

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