Drinking!I know there's been a lot of Darlins talk lately, what with The Black Lips playing their release on June 27 and them looking sexy at Bonnaroo and all. But their people (they have people) gave us the green light to post the first track/lead-off single from their eponymous debut full-length, so we're gonna go ahead and do that. It also happens to be what I think is the best song on the album. Listen up:
Those Darlins - "Red Light Love" [MP3]
Those Darlins, the album, is now available on
What's heavy and trashy and has mutton chops and wears a suit? Why, Jon Spencer, of course. Edd Hurt from our Critic's Picks:
Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray do a convincing job of abstracting rockabilly on Heavy Trash's new full-length Midnight Soul Serenade, but their distance from the material can be disconcerting. Back in the '90s, Spencer added dissonance and squall to blues--crudity was part of the package. Midnight Soul, by comparison, is a bit more verbal, and its horrible guitar noise
