On the surface, The-Dream and Gang Gang Dance may seem like polar opposites, but their music has more in common than one might think: both have a penchant for a damaging beat and synth shimmer, and Gang Gang has been increasingly folding R&B splinters into its squall. So when each played last week on the same day in NYC, we wondered if their fans would split the difference. For this week's "The Way Things Work," we traversed the city to find more common ground between two of our favorite artists, and discovered some surprising results.
