A good cause does not necessarily make good music. An array of female artists (Aren’t men allowed to support the cause?) cover a buncha crap ’70s songs.
I’m not Jewish, but Kletzmer music is the balls. David Krakauer plays in a unique way, full of sarcasm and lament; clarinet screaming, weaving like a snake.
These mods sound like the Cranberries teamed up with the Specials. I love comic, black-tie crime hoods as much as anyone, but it’s too Liquid Television for me.
Perhaps losing the horns was a shame, but the guitar and drum madness give the always-sexy vocals of Elyse and Karina a punk edge that kicks the Bangles’ ass.
Dart, 18th Dye, Magic Hour, Urusei Yatsura, The Bardots, Slipstream, Bardo Pond, Kirk Lake, and Disco Inferno contributes two tracks. There are no losers here.
With death metal’s largest bands contributing to this supergroup, it’s no surprise it’s amazing. It’s unique from any of the bands the members are famous for.
It takes three older guys from the more demented side of blue-collar territory to make music that feels like washing down Black Widows with a 12-pack of Shlitz.
A very hip compilation that deserves a band-by-band. To start off, The Verve are everything you’ve heard about, and maybe a little more. Stylish heartache.