sack of smashed assholes wrote:wasn't Brian McMahan in Slint?

Yes, but as the review notes his brother Michael joined Slint for the reunion. (extra guitar so Brian could do the vocals).

sack of smashed assholes wrote:wasn't Brian McMahan in Slint?

He was.

Michael McMahan was also in the reunionized version of Slint.

EDIT: Jason beat me to it.

I don't think it's fair that Pajo gets blamed for the musical sins of whomever else he happens to play in a band with.

After giving this band a chance I can now honestly say; this is truly awful.

Peripatetic wrote:I don't normally get worked up over shit like this but WTF Pitchfork why did you have a deaf guy review this record.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/r ... 920-attack

That guy's from Chapel Hill, or used to live there, anyway. He played in an indie pop band called Cities.

Twitch of the Death Nerve" is all oom-pa drumming, tablature-dumb rock guitars

"The Coldest Hands" forgets itself three or four times during its palm-muted sneeroffs.

lead singer Dahm has a thin, nerve-wearing Geddy vs. Ozzy vs. Bruce tone

And:

the guitars have that blocky, rusted-out desert-rock tenor

???

Peripatetic wrote:

the Classical wrote:

Peripatetic wrote: but with Pajo in the mix, it's sure to be awesome.

Just like Zwan!

You got me there.

Shit, I forgot about Zwan.

Excluding Zwan.

They had a hot bass player...

Gramsci wrote:

Peripatetic wrote:

the Classical wrote:

Peripatetic wrote: but with Pajo in the mix, it's sure to be awesome.

Just like Zwan!

You got me there.

Shit, I forgot about Zwan.

Excluding Zwan.

They had a hot bass player...

seconded. too bad they had a billy corgan guitar player.

man i would've loved to have thrown pajo, sweeney, and even chamberlain in a studio and see what they'd come up with. billy just had to billy it all up for everyone.

They made a video. For Headbanger's Ball. With double kick drums*. And Jackson Flying V. And 5-string bass.

(Video is on their MySpace page.)

(I don't recall any double-kick rolls on the record, and anyone who knows Tony's playing at all knows he can pull off those triplets without a second kick. Sheesh.)

That video needs more of Todd's beard.