Blog: Buzz Bands

Art Brut , "Art Brut vs. Satan" (Downtown, April 21) — Thank the stars Eddie Argos is so self-absorbed, then thank them again that he seems to be such a miserable schmuck. Without those qualities, the repartee on the British quintet's third album wouldn't be so hilariously biting. Argos' shout-sung conversations with himself (which remind me in various ways of Sam Kinison, Eddie Izzard and Lewis Black) gallop along over the music of his relentlessly tight band — featuring the twin guitar assault of Jasper Future and Ian Catskilkin and, on this album, production by Frank Black. Argos bemoans [...]