only rock ‘n’ roll
The Ex, “Every Sixth Is Cracked,” live (studio performance), Netherlands, 2014
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William Klein (1928-), Dance in Brooklyn, New York, 1955
only rock ’n’ roll
The Ex, “Double Order,” France (Orleans), 2013
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From the Chicago Reader music section (2/20/14):
. . . hails from the same quasi-grimestep/post-IDM interzone that’s home to artists as disparate as . . .
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This Liverpool trio plays what it calls ‘caveman doom’ . . .
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. . . retrofuturist murder ballad . . .
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. . . works the same territory that grindcore and sludge bands cleared in the 90s.
Boi Akih (Monica Akihary, vocals; Niels Brouwer, guitar) with guest Wolter Wierbos (trombone), live, Netherlands, 2008
Instruments, too, are often stereotyped. Take the trombone. Loud? Blustery? Bull in a china shop? Not here.
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