Blog: Berkeley Place

When I'm talking about Bend Sinister today, I'm not talking about the classic EP by The Fall. I'm talking about the band that just released, "Tales of Lovers Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers," a wonderfully complicated, fresh and vital prog-rock-and-roll. Take the Queen-like loud-crash-into-light-piano-an d-back-again extended intro of "The News," which begins with a lyrical tribute to the Beatles, mix in "Brothers of Humankind," which features whirling keyboard and sax riffs that combine to form heavy metal Springsteen, and then jump to lighters-up anthem, "Jimmy Brown," and you've got a recipe for stadium rock like you [...]

• Bend Sinister - CT
• Bend Sinister - The News
• Deer Tick - Still Crazy After All These Years (paul simon)
• M.I.A. - Way Down In The Hole (feat. Blaqstarr)