Greg's Super Late Posts

Raging Slab – Dynamite Monster – 2.5Refreshing and unique blend albeit not altogether original heavy raw classic riffs. Black Crows along with Hendrix style solos and strong bass tracks made this a pretty appealing cd. It might not be a super group, but it sounded like one, comprised of members of Black Sabbath, Jimmy Page among others. It did get a little more country than I like as the disk progressed. What started as a really strong cd dwindled and became a bit repetitive. It’s fun, but not so much so that I’ll find myself longing for it.

Pete Townshend Greatest Hits
He has such an awesome voice – nothing against Roger Daltry but Townshend has it all day over him. Weird lifestyle aside, he can sing a song, he can butcher one too. Take Teenage wasteland for instance, what the fuck? I haven’t heard a lot of these songs but most were really good. He’s a classic. Slit Skirts brought back very cool images of my teenage years. I don’t know what the song is about, but my imagination was working.

Field Music – Field Music – 4
From the song Field Music (the first I heard) I was hooked. Even with the weirdness in the song it was original. The band must be good, only good bands get to put minutes of silence in the middle of a song. How did they sell that? It’s art. The band is just interesting enough to keep me listening and not annoy me. Steely Dan, George Harrison and even a touch of 10cc were obvious influences that I caught. Great cd, my pick of the month. I wish I started listening earlier.

Yeasayer – 2
First impression was that this was better experienced with headsets on, there are too many sounds going on to truly appreciate without a real listen, all the noises did borderline on being obnoxious. They have an Indian or Asian flair. I’ll give them points for being original, some of the songs would have been perfect for the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. Any one of these songs would be tolerable, but I’d give $50 to anyone who can listen to the entire disk straight through.

Ike Reilly – 3.5
Let me guess, this was Monsta’s pick, or maybe Ken’s? Good stuff I’ll say. Were these all Bob Dylan songs sung by an Irish Bob Dylan cover band? The sounded like Flogging Molly doing Dylan. I’m not saying that I didn’t like it, but it did make me feel like drinking. It might have been a subliminal ad for Guinness. Good stuff!