Take the premise that New Order began with, of melding rock songs and electronics, and pull that screaming into this era with a lot of tongue-in- cheekiness and playfulness - you have Trans Am. Recorded at their own National Recording Studio in DC by long-time Tape Op reader Jonathan Kreinik. (www.thrilljockey.com, www.nationalrecordingstudio.com)
Music Reviews | No. 29
Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites, A Different Kind of Tension
by Larry Crane
The Buzzcocks unleashed these three amazing albums in the span of a couple of years, with Martin Rushent producing. These remain the standard to me by which guitar-driven punk-pop records must be...
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