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Who better
to revive the sounds of Detroit circa 1969 than groups
from sunny Sweden and the backwaters of New York City?
The Hives' hype overload is a little hard to figure
out -- maybe it's the snappy duds -- but in terms of
loud, Stooge-oid garage punk, you could do a hell of
a lot worse than these Swedes. They run along much the
same line as recent keepers of the torch like Rocket
From the Crypt and the Murder City Devils. Although
the sludgier numbers in their repertoire can drag, the
cleaner, stop-start riffs of Veni, Vidi, Vicious
scorchers like "State Control" or "Die, Alright"
burn along beautifully on momentum alone.
Covering the MC5 quotient for the evening will
be openers the Mooney Suzuki, on the road supporting
recent release Electric Sweat. These NYC bashers
bring a refreshing roll to their rock, a little old-fashioned
R&B syncopation fronted by ballsy call-and-response
howling. Don't expect anything altogether new or innovative
from either band, but when it comes to kicking out
the jams, matters of originality take a back seat
to chasing that elusive gestalt of rockingness. All
evidence indicates the Hives and the Mooney Suzuki
have the necessary raw power.
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