REVIEW: SLEIGH BELLS - REIGN OF TERROR

Article from LA Music Blog

Upon listening to the first track off Reign of Terror, “True Shred Guitar,” you hear the sounds of a live crowd in anticipation of seeing Sleigh Bells come on stage (which they do) and begin to do what they’re always good at: being loud. Loud and cantankerous. Loud and cantankerous in the way you might expect from bands like AC/DC, and it’s these bands that “True Shred Guitar” and most of Reign of Terror take their heavy metal distortion cues from. Considering its swift lyrical progression and repetition, “True Shred Guitar” hardly sounds long enough to really be deemed a track, but it sets the atmosphere for the rest of the album...

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http://lamusicblog.com/2012/02/review/album-review-sleigh-bells-reign-of-terror/

Friday's End Note: Death Grips' New Mixtape

This is mostly in thanks to theneedledrop for giving me something to stumble upon, but this new free download from Third World Records' hip-hop/rap experimentalists Death Grips really does intrigue me. Exmilitary is a mixtape that you can easily toss-and-turn to in your sleep, using sometimes outrageously pulsating beats in ways that even Sleigh Bells would be considered proud of. It's loud, demanding rap that's both chin-stroking and head-nodding, and sometimes eyebrow-raising. Either way you look at it, this might be a fun way to end the week at CS. At least I know it is.



-DJ