STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

Our Twitter feed keeps you apprised of reviews as they're published. It's kept locked and private, because with a name like @stillsingle, everyone thinks it's a dating site. Approvals happen whenever they happen.

NEW ADDRESS -- PLEASE SEND MAIL HERE FROM NOW ON
Doug's contact address is as follows:
Doug Mosurock
PO Box 3087
New York, NY 10185-3087

If you were planning on sending vinyl to Dusted, their HQ has moved to Washington, DC. That means that you're delaying your review by directing copies of your release down there. So make sure it goes to the above address.

January 3, 2012

Reports – Dinamo Cambridge LP (Ride the Snake)

RECOMMENDED

Back from a prolonged absence, the collection of professional certificates, lineup changes and general shifts in attitude, the new (or at least more recent) Reports sound is noisier and more compact, with a pleasant melody-to-static density streaking through an updated, stronger sound. There’s a bit more garage influence, cemented down with stern drumming and manic focus, particularly across the title track, 12+ minutes of burnishing a sturdy collection of riffs along the autobahn, some wise marriage of Oneida’s endless rhythm rockers, the Monks’ skeletal stomp, and the precision and purity of Unrest. The poppier numbers like “Sub-Toucher” and “Puncher’s Chance” play like a scrappy, older relative of young kid bands like Real Estate or Big Troubles, or a rougher/readier foil to Cuffs, the ex-Pants Yell! band that some of these guys split their time in. Boston cube farmers lifting one to the sky. Gotta love this band, and the progress they’ve made through the years. 150 copies, paste-on silkscreened sleeve, and the grapevine told me that there are less than 50 left. (http://www.ridethesnakerecords.com)
(Doug Mosurock)

1 month ago • 1 note

nalbs liked this
still-single posted this