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Acme
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Yet another mess of colors (emphasis on mess) from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion that defies any particular grounding. This time, with Acme, the trio's fifth full-length, the frayed punk tones are replaced by more of a Beasties/Beck/Dust Brothers/white-guys-gone-phat sort of thing, where rat-a-tat beats and bone-crushing, speaker-frying bottom ends collide with shards of sweet soul, gospel, country, blues, and even some pummeling stoner rock as well as Spencer's own wacked-out Presley-Jagger vocal spew. Including the knob-twiddling participation of Steve Albini, Calvin Johnson, and, predominantly, the Automator (rapper-rocker Andre Williams gets the title of executive producer, whatever that means), Acme is an orgy of noise that occasionally even resembles actual songs. Certain to dazzle some, certain to scare plenty more. --Neal Weiss --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Spin
It's strange to hear such an electrifying live band sampling and looping itself, and Spencer's moan can sound a little too mannered in this context. For the most part, though, Blues Explosion-as-crazed-cyborg is a kickass idea, and they sound like they're getting off on discarding song form as rock knows it. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.