Artist......: Don Caballero
Album.......: Don Caballero 2
Source......: CD
Label.......: Touch And Go
Genre.......: Rock
Tracks......: 8
Bitrate.....: 952 kbps avg
Playtime....: 00:58:58 (427.MB)
Rls date....: 2021-02-15
Store date..: 1995-09-19
Encoder.....: FLAC 1.3.1
Url.........: http://www.doncaballero.bandcamp.com/
01 Stupid Puma 4:20
02 Please Tokio, Please This Is Tokio 11:18
03 P, P, P, Antless 3:43
04 Repeat Defender 10:59
05 Dick Suffers Is Furious With You 9:11
06 Cold Knees (In April) 4:14
07 Rollerblade Success Story 4:30
08 No One Gives A Hoot About Faux-Ass Nonsense 10:43
The liner notes speak it plain -- "Don Caballero is rock not jazz, Don
Caballero is free from solos." But not from complex, ever evolving
compositions that never, ever forget to crank up the amps and riff along.
The post-rock canard that the group was labeled with somewhere along the
line doesn't really make sense, and the math rock label is even more
limiting -- too bloodless. If a comparison had to be made or a link
established, try Drive Like Jehu, but without vocals. The Williams/Banfield
guitar team knows exactly how to play off each other, trading notes,
establishing parallel melodies, and hitting full crunch like an evolving
beast. Che, meanwhile, sits behind it all and directs everything with equal
power and skill. In mainstream terms, the Smashing Pumpkins' Jimmy
Chamberlin got the '90s kudos for being a power rock drummer with the
skills and fluidity of jazz, but Che is clearly equally skilled, as this
album makes perfectly clear. An eight-track release, it splits evenly
between shorter and longer pieces, each with amusing titles that
established something of an indie rock clichΘ for later bands like Billy
Mahonie. Thus, "Repeat Defender" and "Dick Suffers Is Furious With You," or
the hilariously named concluding rip, "No One Gives a Hoot about FAUX-ASS
Nonsense." The longer numbers are arguably the better -- not that the short
ones stink, but over more time the group gets to showcase even more chops
and abilities, often with thrilling results. When "Please Tokio, Please
This Is Tokio" hits the midsection, everyone sounds incredibly on top of
their game, slamming into a sheet-metal intense drone with fire. "Repeat
Defender," meanwhile, builds into a gripping middle section, ripping at
high speed before only slightly downshifting into something totally mosh
pit worthy. Music with a brain that rocks, full stop.