Mongrels is a Canadian five piece that is in sense a supergroup of lesser-knowns, drawing members from Tricky Woo, Bionic, Blood Sausage and Local Rabbits (I haven’t heard of all of them either). They mix a stoner 70s hard rock influence with garage and soul to create heavy, sludgey grooves for singer Amy Turok’s wailing voice. Two drummers add heaviness… Read more »
Label: Wicked Cool Released: May 29, 2007 There’s a difference between cover bands and revivalists. The former, when done right (or as right as basing your existence on covers can be), sounds like a particular band. The latter, when done right, taps into the energy and soul of a band or a genre and brings it out for a fresh… Read more »
Label: Warner Bros. Released: June 19, 2007 Is there a tougher position to be in than following up a near perfect record? Probably not, but the White Stripes did a fine job by not trying to remake the stellar Elephant and instead stretching out even further on Get Behind Me Satan. While the latter was a half step down from… Read more »
Label: self-released; available through CDBaby Released: 2004 I bought this at the same time that I picked up the Charms’ So Pretty from CD Baby. There was a “buy three CDs and get them for $5 each” sale and I had two already, so pretty much got this one for free. The Things are a Baltimore garage rock band, so… Read more »
Label: Red Car Records (available through Cd baby) Released: 2004 I picked this one up for $5 after hearing a Charms track (not from this album) on Little Steven’s Underground Garage. I’m guessing the track I heard was newer and that the band has grown a good bit since this one was released. The first thing that struck me about… Read more »