I don't usually do music reviews, but here's one- I hope I buy the disc because I want to support indie music just as I'd like my music to be supported... but CD Baby lets you listen to A LOT of it for free online, so I feel I can review it, and I want to because I was so impressed.
If you like rock and you like slide guitar, the selection out there is a bit bleak. Few popular rock artists have championed the glass or steel. Remember the classic rock 'train train' song by Blackfoot? If you liked that or any George Thoroughgood, check this out.
Hell's Kitchen has that strange feel you get from primus but it's not that all out weird. Throw in the occasional banjo or slack key- but mainly electric blues guitar- with spare drums and trash can percussion, and you've got the main recipe for this kitchen. The vocals are sometimes raw Howlin Wolf, sometimes more typical cool whiteboy like the (Jon Spencer) Blues Explosion.
Highlights? "Nice" flat out rocks. In "Jack is a Writer" the vocalist turns a bit Clash-like. "Misery" is Rolling Stones -ish with a more folksy feel. "Lumfo" is a deliberately lurching haunt. "Easy Start" is good old time rockin blues. Weirdest tracks? The atonal "Milano" and "Brick of my Body"
Overall, what's impressive is not just the rocking rhythms and experimental sounds, but the tastefully spare arrangements- each instrument blends without overshadowing the others... a real achievement considering the variety of sounds and rhythms they manage to blend.
Summary? One man's trash(can percussion) is this man's treasure.
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