Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Add Date: January 19

Artist: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Album: Live

Label: Vagrant

Genre: Alt-rock

Comments: I am a huge, huge BRMC fan--their style of a bit bluesy, kinda garagey, neo-pysch & hard rock results, in my opinion, a delicious alt-rock confectionary of sounds. The Jesus and Mary Chain links are pretty clear, and other influences are named as the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and Joy Division---the layers of sounds, feedback, vocals and persistant guitar may not result in an utterly original sound, but the band does an incredible job of honing their style and the results are, in my opinion, fantastic.


This live recording, from the tour corresponding to their Baby 81 record, doesn't fail to disappoint. Although the album isn't as produced or polished as their non-live records, it isn't any less enjoyable, it's just a different vibe. At times moody, distorted, heavy, and psyched out, it's a nice compilations of songs for fans and non-fans alike, all preparing us for their March release of their next cd, "Beat the Devil's Tattoo". Start with tracks 2, 9, 11, and 13.

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