From KaisrSolze Sent Sun, Jan 11th 1998, 07:16
From KaisrSolze Sent Sun, Jan 11th 1998, 07:16
I'd like to know people's opinions on Trans Am. I just saw them live on = a=0Awhim and they were pretty cool=97I was expecting them to be some vari= ation on=0AChicago "post-rock", and they did some of that, but they also = did a lot of=0A"Stereolab meets rock"-droning keyboards and hard programm= ed beats along with=0Aheavy guitar, bass, drums. They were really all ov= er the place=97each song was=0Aa new sound. What are their albums like? = Based on the live show, I'd=0Arecommend them if you think Stereolab are = too glossy, Tortoise too boring, or=0AAtari teenage riot too stupidly abr= asive and formulaic, but you're looking for=0Asome unifier between Mouse = on Marsish bloopy stuff/other techno, and a certain=0Amix of hard /ambien= t/melodic rock. =0A=09On a completely off-topic note, if some Briton on = this list who knows a lot=0Aabout the UK's international relations and do= mestic politics (esp. ethnic=0Apolitics, but anything is ok) could email = me privately, I'd greatly appreciate=0Ait.=0A=0ASam=0A