Dog Fashion Disco: Adultery
DFD are a bunch of nutters, a bit Faith No Moreish or even some of Mike Patton's more outre stuff, however they do seem to be able to pull it off; no more so than with this their fifth album. While it's fairly eclectic in outlook combining things like jazz, prog, speed meta ala Slayer on "Sacrifice of Mrs Rose Covington," and a bit of lounge on "Desert Grave" for good measure, it all just works nicely. Rather than some of the unlistenable (well at least off acid) avant-garde stuff kicking around; DFD manage to produce a myriad of individual soundscapes. On the basis of this CD, it is no wonder that DFD's mainman did the soundtrack to the Exorcist prequel recently released; the band are involved in scoring two more films. DFD are definetely the band for those who like their rock a bit odd, but still very listenable.
Wicked Wisdom: s/t
The first thing that strikes me about this band is the similarity of the lead singer Jada Pinkett Smith (yes, that one, the actress) to Die So Fluid's Grog. By that I mean the vocal ability to take advantage of all ranges of the female voice, not just stick to the high stuff or alternately the uber-aggressive stuff the boys can do. The music is not so disimillar to DSF either. Aggressive female-sung punky metal with oodles of attitude and lots of class. I mean "Bleed All Over Me" is just pure undultrated metal goodness. Jada's vocals are aggressive; but not grating like Tarrie B's. Her band just does business the way it should be done; 10 tracks of oozing heaviness. Would you be surprised to hear that I think they are probably cracking live? As they say in Maine, it's wicked good.
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