Explosive guitar, beefy vocals that pour like syrup on a sundae and sometimes snarl like metal scraping concrete, and beats that bop, slam, and move your butt.
Like a group of cupcake-eaters racing for the slide, these four shout it out. But with musicianship this good, their childvoices project them into cultdom.
Three terrific bands, one small-yet-sweet package. Appleseed Cast reminds everyone that storytelling and conceptual lyric-writing is still a vital art form.
Sometimes there’s rhythm; other times feedback fuzz, chatter, and galactic landing noise grinds against itself like someone’s playing with the radio dial.
Ness does a credible job of rockin’ the pre-Big E jukebox selection of hard country and hillbilly music. Credit for not pickin’ out the obvious selections.
Straight from the Touch & Go aesthetic comes Tanger, on O&O Records, but far from pop-punk. Chicago-style indie rock a la The Jesus Lizard and Shellac.
This six-song platter is the most adventurous this unpredictable band has offered, taking the band’s unique indie/twisted rock sound beyond the status quo.