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Singapore Sling
The Curse of Singapore Sling
When The Hives opened Scandinavia’s garage door, this Icelandic quintet stayed in a dark back corner, drenching moody, drony rhythms in guitar fuzz and feedback. The Sling’s debut album draws heavily on the post-punk mind-bends of the Jesus and Mary Chain and Love & Rockets. “Summer Garden” offers a Velvety, ’60s-ish melodic diversion, but otherwise it’s a fuzz-toned trod right through the closing “Dirty Water.”
Also out this week: Endo, “Songs for the Restless”
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale (cdipasquale@tribune.com) and Kris Karnopp (kkarnopp@tribune.com)
