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I’m sad to admit that every new (as opposed to old) album I’ve bought this year so far has been a noisy rock n’ roll one made by white boys. Perhaps not Randy’s chosen scene, but I’ll lay down some recommendations anyway..
DESPARICIDOS – Read Music / Speak Spanish
Basically a punk band started by Conor Oberst of BrightEyes. If you were going to pin it to a genre, it would surely be ‘emo’, but it transcends that label simply by being too good. The band is tight and noisy and wired, recalling At The Drive-In and Husker Du, and instead of whining half-heartedly about his girlfriend, Conor addresses ‘social and political matters’, singing (or rather howling) about inequality, capitalism, poverty and other such unhappiness. Intense isn’t the word for it.
IKARA COLT – Chat & Business
Ever listened to early Fall records and thought “this is too slow and too long and uses to many notes, and these guys don’t look cool enough”? Well this is the record for you.
NEBULA – Dos Eps
Nebula are the absolute perfection of a certain vision of what constitutes a perfect rock band. Black Sabbath dragged into the 21st century via Nirvana & Mudhoney, cranked up to 11 then doubled, with extra psychedelic freakout and a few more epic guitar solos for luck. The lyrics are all about flying through space, drug trips, 'smokin’ mamas' and being the ruler of the universe. It’s all played in a fantastically energised manner by a power trio of greasy haired, chain-smoking motherfuckers. Basically, if you don’t like it there’s something wrong with you.
THE ICARUS LINE – mono
Completely fucking mental, near completely tuneless punk/metal/noise mashup from the band they, or rather I, am calling ‘the goth Stooges’. Aggressive, confrontational punk rock completely drained of even the most basic pop song structure and kept afloat by constantly mutating riffs, good ol’ hails of feedback and scary (unintelligible) lyrics involving blood, bad sex, drunkenness and self-mutilation.
THE VON BONDIES – lack of communication
I can’t believe this album existed for nearly 2 years before I got a copy .. it rocks like an absolute bastard! Classic rock n’ roll, garage punk noise, boy/girl harmonies and lots of big, bad DARKNESS – hence song titles like ‘shallow grave’, ‘nite train’ and ‘the sound of terror’. Oh yeah. Like Eddie Cochran jamming with Nick Cave .. the kind of garage rock David Lynch would probably enjoy.. "ahow can I be dead if I ain't been buried yet?, ahooo.."
MCLUSKY – mclusky do dallas
So fucking good I might just start a thread to try and push it .. come join me.. |
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