Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The Terrordactyls

Add Date: July 19 

Artist: The Terrordactyls 

Album: Rage Mountain 

Label: Self-released 

Genre: Indie rock, indie folk

Comments: Based in Washington state, The Terrordactyls mix bedroom pop and indie folk in a way that will certainly endear them to fans of Nine Inch Nails. Wait, what? Turns out that Michael Cadiz and Tyrel Stendhal were huge Trent Reznor fans growing up, so Rage Mountain features a well-done cover of "Down in It" from NIN's 1989 debut Pretty Hate Machine.

Outside of that, there doesn't seem to be too much overlap with Nine Inch Nails in The Terrordactyls' oeuvre; more appropriate comparisons would be to Kimya Dawson/The Moldy Peaches, Jeffrey Lewis and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Try tracks 4, 12 and 15.

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