‘Spine Hits’ by Sleepy Sun
On this, the third album from Northern California psych-meisters Sleepy Sun, the band has traded big Led Zep-style long tunes for shorter and more accessible tunes. But don’t think this is a band abandoning their style for a Metallica-Black Album cash grab – this is a record full of wonderful moments and manages to distill...
‘Raise Up the Sheets’ by Freshkills
This is more like it. Freshkills play upbeat, post-punk affected rock that is reminiscent of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. The songs presented here on Raise Up the Sheets are strong and dynamic. I really like the band’s use a familiar rhythms (dig that Phil Spector beat on Child We Almost Had) and noisy guitars...
Courtney Taylor-Taylor is One Model Nation
The Dandy Warhols’ frontman co-pens graphic novel about a rock band in 1977 Berlin. Telling the (fictitious), politically-charged adventures of art noise band, One Model Nation, Courtney Taylor-Talyor and cohort Donovan Leitch have collaborated on a graphic novel and real-life One Model Nation album, streeting January 31. Inspired by the actual German Baader-Meinhof Gang of...