Jan. 16, 2007 - Issue #587: Mermaid Tales

Quick Spins

Of Montreal
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Polyvinyl

Is there a law that
Great indie rock discs must have
Pretentious titles?


Youth Group
Casino Twilight Dogs
Anti-

Yes, apparently
There is such a law, it’s called
The “Oberst” Effect




Static Through
In The Trenches
Hellcat

The sound of unrest:
Crap tones, trite messages plus
A grown man barking




Ektomorf
Outcast
Nuclear Blast

Pummeling metal;
Drop D clunkage plus another
Barking older chap




Menomena
Friend and Foe
Barsuk

Flaming Lips channeled
Chock full of skronk and bombast
The skronk makes it good




Busdriver
Roadkill Overcoat
Anti-

Dexterous rapper
Is he full of shit? Who knows?
He goes too damn fast




The Apples in Stereo
New Magnetic Wonder
Yep Roc

Sweet-ass pop features
Mellotrons, vocoders and
Angry English mobs




Mnemic
Passenger
Nuclear Blast

Confusing metal
Boy-band harmonies mingle
With bum-sex screams




Snowbyrd
Snowbyrd
Saustex

Decent enough band
But it all gets lost in the
Shoddy recording

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