Tag Archives: proto-punk

The tones of dark gravity on 'Greetings From Mars' completely bypass the normal auditory apparatus. You listen but you also experience the music on a primal and visceral level, like a punch in the solar plexus. This is pure, dominant noise rock, consuming, taut with foreboding, and engaging.

The Standells' first new album in over 45 years, `Bump,' is a trip back to 1966 proto-punk with new lyrics but familiar attitude.