Time Hammer is a rap-rock four-piece making music in the tradition of the Beastie Boys, Beck, Gorillaz and Rage Against the Machine. But the Lincoln, Nebraska-based quartet’s sound is all their own.
The foundation of that sound is the driving drum & bass combo of Stewart Hehn (bass, vocals) and Travis Beck (drums, vocals), who throb hypnotically funky beats into the solar-plexuses of listeners with equal parts grace and intensity. Laid on top of this foundation are Joe Younglove’s (guitar, drums, vocals) rhythmic raps and
Conner Goertzen’s (turntables) deftly sharp scratches. The band arranges sound with complex precision, revealing a dedication to sonic perfection by everyone on board, not to mention an undeniable chemistry.
Time Hammer’s lyrical style is suitably collaborative—an all-inclusive free-for-all that jibes with the Ritalin generation’s stream of consciousness. The band explores pop culture and contemporary youth as thematic concerns, delivering their playful raps with a satirical, knowing sneer that gives way to blasts of raw vocal energy.
Their irreverence masks a subtle commentary on the media-saturated, social networking world they’ve inherited.
They release their disaffection in snarky barbs, rat-a-tat profanity and cathartic wails, but fun is ultimately the order of the day.
The band’s aesthetic speaks for a hodgepodge of Top Forty® doused in enough punk to render it pure, which is conducive to the implied mission statement of their shows: move your ass, have some fun.

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