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Talk Engine is rock & roll's answer to hip-hop, a fierce female vocalist driving aggressive lyrics through a some amazing upfront guitar licks held down by a funky slap-bass rhythm. Fronted by spoken word artist Jackie Sheeler-a top-5 finalist in the 2005 Great American Song Contest, the band garnered a best-of-show nod from The Village Voice after an improv slot at the spring 2003 Symphony Space tribute to Joni Mitchell. In a recent review, Collin Kelley of Subtle Tea Magazine wrote that "If Lou Reed and Patti Smith had coupled, the result might have been a child like the rocking and raw Jackie Sheeler -- sexy, angry and incendiary." And the band kicks ass at live shows, dominating the stage and sometimes infiltrating the audience courtesy of a wireless mike. Bob Holman, who runs the BPC club in NYC, sayes it best: "Talk Engine live cooks, burns, and blisters."