Thursday, December 3, 2020

Time Bomb High School, Reigning Sound

Time Bomb High School, Reigning Sound, 2002, :37

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Terrific garage punk by a band I've never heard of.  They open with a garage-rock cover of "Stormy Weather" and make it sound like their own, and you know this is something special.  They're rebuilding the British Invasion for the modern era, all superb energy, ragged Jagger-like vocals, and crackling guitars.  Favorite tracks: "Stormy Weather," "Brown Paper Sack" (another cover), "Time Bomb High School."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...