Brandeis' only all-male a cappella group, VoiceMale, delivered a well-executed performance Saturday night in the Wasserman Cinematheque at the Sachar Academic Complex, featuring love songs from groups such as The Beach Boys, The Backstreet Boys and many others. The ensemble also played host to Tufts University's Jackson Jills, an all-female a cappella group that complemented VoiceMale nicely. The Jackson Jills did a fabulous job of incorporating gestures, facial expressions and even group choreography into their songs. This sense of style made them seem less like a choir and more like an exciting new musical group. The technique was especially well-delivered in their performance of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)." The girls divided up into three groups and literally danced with one another while singing-an impressive feat considering they had no accompaniment to lead them. They were close to perfectly in step, and never fell off key.

Thanks to a large contrast in the quality of their soloists, VoiceMale returned with a stronger set in the second half of the show. Especially pleasing was their harmonization on The Beach Boys' classic "God Only Knows."

Their impressive run continued with a political piece, originally written by Moxy FrAvous during the first Gulf War. Its relevance to contemporary times was surprising, as it described the similarities between the two Gulf Wars. The song, entitled "Gulf War Song," included the lyrics "Don't tell me I can't fight/'cause I'll punch out your lights/ and history seems to agree/that I would fight you for me."

The group punched out the lyrics with such heartfelt feeling that "Gulf War Song," with its right-on relevance to this era's issues, completely topped the soulful love tunes which they had already sung so well earlier in the evening.