KING KONG - "The Big Bang" LPKing Kong The Big Bang LP (Drag City, 2002) "What do you do after taking part in one of the most influential bands of the past 15 years, after helping to create a whole new subspecies of rock? Obviously: you start a funk and dance band inspired by the early work of the B 52's. Hey, why not? That's what Ethan Buckler did. After Tweez sent kids to dust off their metronomes in '89, Buckler split with math rock progenitors Slint to search for a simpler

that much we know for certain

’Spooky Fingers’ keeps up the pace

it still manages to sound ornate — A cosmic and echoing expression of youthful passion propelled by the precocious songwriting and guitar talent of frontman Willie Creagh (now Phoenix) who

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Without Human Permission" is what I envision whenever I see the "New Weird America" phrase (and no it doesn't sound like that)

Really though the vocal performance by Lira Mondal is the standout here

” before the song ends abruptly

Another side of the master improviser – subtle dialogue with two younger maestros

in this case going right back to Nirvana

barely held-together by Helen’s vocals

Chris Davis

These four books are exclusively sold as a set

a term for psychics