ARTiST : The New Lou Reeds
ALBUM : Top Billin'
LABEL : Exit Stencil Recordings
GENRE : Indie
RELEASE : 2006-09-18
STREET : 2006-09-26
ENCODER : LAME 3.90.3
QUALiTY : 186kbps avg / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
SiZE : 70.35 MB
PLAYTiME : 00:52:21
+ TRACK LiSTiNG +
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[#] [Track Name] [Time]
1. Lookin' For A Boogaloo 5:34
2. Michael Jones 3:42
3. Exploit Me 5:07
4. I Am A Monster 7:57
5. Captain America 3:50
6. Small Town Blues 5:34
7. Naw, Skye 1:32
8. You Don't Have To Die 5:25
9. Poverty Stinks 6:04
10. Beautiful Women #2 7:36
52:21
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For the record, the New Lou Reeds sound nothing like Lou Reed ever did, unless
you count one of these dozen tracks (ôHometown Heroö) that starts off sounding a
little like something the Velvets might have jammed on. Rather, this
Cleveland-based trio specialise in fuzzed-out, lo-fi blues rock with first-take,
devil-may-care vocals and plenty of ôart-coholö flourishes. There is some
versatility at work here, though, like the edgy, skaÆd-up track ôThe Foreigner,ö
a brief affront to hip-hop simply called ôInterludeö and the acoustic
guitar-powered ballad ôPeter Laughner,ö which respectfully tells the story of
one of ClevelandÆs legendary proto-punk pioneers. Even despite that particular
content, Pere Ubu comparisons are basically inevitable, given the bandÆs
experimental penchant and vocalist Stephen DKÆs not-quite-falsetto microphone
attack, which comes off sounding like a stylistic combination of Ubu front-man
David Thomas and Stooges-era Iggy.
Enjoy!