Sleigh Bells - "Comeback Kid"

I'm still processing Sleigh Bells' Reign of Terror, but my preliminary take is that if Treats was their Fever to Tell, this is their It's Blitz, trading a monochromatic assault for a more varied, moody approach. That analogy doesn't entirely work, of course: Reign of Terror doesn't represent a total sonic reconfiguration and, honestly, comparing bands just because they both have female singers is rather lame. But I do like how the new disc finds the duo branching out. But with that said, the first single, "Comeback Kid," shows them sticking to their noise-pop bread and butter. That's fine: It rocks. 

Yuck - "Shook Down"

Yuck's self-titled debut came out just a little over a year ago. It made my Pazz & Jop ballot, which prompted a colleague to comment, "I'd rather just listen to Dinosaur Jr." To which I'll respond with a snippet of Robert Christgau's assessment of them: "These four Brits are compared to so many '80s-'90s bands you should figure they don't sound much like any of them." He then goes on to compare them to Sleigh Bells and Best Coast, two bands I really love. Here's "Shook Down," which doesn't sound all that much like any of those aforementioned groups.

sleigh bells - infinity guitars

"Infinity Guitars" is being used in some commercial currently -- I can't remember which one right now, and I don't feel like looking it up at the moment -- but every time it comes on, I'm reminded all over again how much I love that Sleigh Bells album. And, yeah, "Infinity Guitars" sorta is cheerleader-rock, which the video slyly mocks.