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.

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December 26, 2009

The Last Rapes of Mr. Teach – s/t 7” EP (Les Disques Steak)

The Last Rapes of Mr. Teach 7"

Yes! Here’s proof that no matter how saturated, over-exposed, or unsavory the genre, there will always be the special participants that call the top-shelf home and transcend the nest to stand on their own. These Frenchmen close out a garage/trash-rock and punk gauntlet with chops so good they sound inborn and unavoidable. It’s always nice to discover a band so adept at sounding fantastic that their fuck-ups are keepers. The first incendiary factor of their arsenal is speed, a musical muscle flexed on the first track … with refreshing returns. Elsewhere, the LRs of MTs run through three different attacks on the sonic common thread that binds all of garage revivalism together. It’s obvious after one go-thru that they’re giving everything an admirable, heartfelt shot, something that cannot be said for an alarming number of their contemporaries who are way too concerned that every step be approved by whoever reps garage punk on the nefarious taste-programmers’ board of directors. (http://www.myspace.com/disquessteak)
(Andrew Earles)

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