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Perennial players of the "love it or hate it, we don't care" gambit, and still flaunting their trademark cruddy guitars and loudmouthed, bully-ragging vocals as though all that stuff were still somehow outrageous in this day and age, Accellerator nonetheless shows that Royal Trux have evolved into prime, mature form. "Juicy Juicy Juice" and "The Banana Question" are almost great pop singles (but ditch that tuff-chix voice, willya?), while "Another Year" and "Stevie" show that the band rocks even when they aren't exactly playing rock: the one floats slide whistle over a cowbell beat, while the other reaches for '70s soul of the Mellotron variety. A great disc for the smirking urbanite we all aspire to be (or love to lampoon) and a pick-hit to slow down a party that's gotten too jolly. --Gavin McNett