
Issue #53 - April/May 2015 - Tame ImpalaDeath
N.E.W.
Tryangle
Apr 28, 2015
Issue #53 - April/May 2015 - Tame Impala
N.E.W. offers long-awaited new material by Detroit legends Death, a band whose faith in their vision doomed them to near-obscurity for decades. Only a few years ago did a wider audience finally hear this group of three African-American brothers on belated releases of their generally unheard early/mid-‘70s punk/hard-rock tracks that beat later punk contemporaries to the gate.
Bassist/vocalist Bobby Hackney and drummer Dannis Hackney are now joined in Death by guitarist Bobbie Duncan (replacing David Hackney, who died in 2000), and the trio manages to work within the framework of their original sound while pointing out the way ahead. N.E.W. mixes philosophical musings (“Change,” “Look at Your Life”) with rock-out anthems (“Playtime,” “Relief”), comfortably shifting as they go from complex arrangements to Motorhead punch. “This feels like a resurrection,” they sing at one point, and if any band is deserving of a second coming, it’s this one. (www.deathfromdetroit.com)
Author rating: 7/10
Current Issue

Issue #70
Nov 18, 2022 Issue #70 - My Favorite Movie (Sharon Van Etten and Ezra Furman)
Most Recent
- 10 Best Songs of the Week: Geese, Hannah Jadagu, Lael Neale, Mega Bog, and More (News) — Songs of the Week, Geese, Hannah Jadagu, Lael Neale, Mega Bog, Caroline Rose, Bully, Westerman, Noel Gallagher, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Bernice, Wednesday
- 20% Off Subscriptions This Week as Under the Radar’s New Issue is Shipping Soon (News) —
- Great Expectations (Review) —
- Rianne Downey @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK, 23rd March, 2023 (Review) — Rianne Downey
- Premiere: Constant Follower and Scott William Urquhart Share Single “Watching The Black River Run” (News) — Scott William Urquhart
Comments
Submit your comment
There are no comments for this entry yet.