20" rims with the chrome
I should point out that two of the bands in my last post - Islands and Sunset Rubdown - have scheduled a date for First Avenue, May 16th. It's only $10 at the door for five bands. I'll be there...

Sunn O))) - Black One

I was expecting a drone/minimalist record along the lines of maybe rafael toral or keith fullerton whitman, and I got a horror/sludge metal/doom/noise hybrid. lots of indecipherable screaming. wtf? I don't think I can call this "good"...


Hot Chip - Coming On Strong

I saw these guys play live with Four Tet sometime last year, and they put on a pretty good show - lots of energy, pretty danceable. So I was expecting this album to capture that - instead, it comes across as kind of...cold. Most of the songs are either too slow or not "bouncy" enough to be danceable, and don't seem to be as catchy as I remember live. It feels like some songs lack focus, but there are a couple of solid tracks, though - particularly "The Beach Party" and "Playboy".
- posted by vcmc @  5/03/2006 11:45:00 AM