Review: Puerto Muerto
Puerto Muerto “Elena” (Action Driver) You have to give it up for husband and wife duo Christa Meyer and Tim Kelley, better know as Puerto Muerto. In an era when lollipop rock and angst ridden songs fill the airways and…
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Review: The Common Cold
The Common Cold “Bleep…Bleep…Bloop” (Action Driver) Does the term ‘instrumental’ create any interest in music anymore? There was a time, say, right around Tortoise’s debut, when instrumental bands were blowing minds. Now though, most of them, save a few, are…
Review: Radio Berlin
Radio Berlin “Glass” (Action Driver) This isn’t an import compilation of songs from the German radio station but a fuckin’ rad post-punk-pop-wave album from Canada’s Radio Berlin. Usually band’s that sound like this get pushed into the ‘been there, heard that’ pile of…
Review: Thunderbirds Are Now!
Thunderbirds Are Now! “Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief” (Action Driver) Thuderbirds are Now! is fast, unorganized, chaotic and near perfect. They have taken progressive rock, gotten it drunk, dressed it up in a clown suit and rolled it down hills until…
Review: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea “North and South of Nothing” (Action Driver) You know what, people? I’m a very busy man. I don’t have time for you or your concept albums. I mean, I get up, I…
Review: Stylex
Stylex “Auto Focus” (Action Driver) Stylex is a group of dissonant, annoying musicians, fusing synth-hop and Devo-like vocals into something that should never have seen the light of day. With quirky electronic elements and off-kilter guitar dynamics, “Auto Focus” is…