Vanguard
, eh? Envision a penny dreadful being sung aloud inside a pub while
Roni Size
tries to squeeze drunken gospeltronica out of his sequencer banks. Preternaturally naive, unintentionally hilarious, whatever -- unpredictability oozes into every beer in the room. So feel free to applaud -- amidst boy bands and
Tim Buckley
replicates, that's got to count for something.
Finley Quaye
rattles off a spliff-induced
Iggy Pop
tribute (
"Spiritualized"
) just a few tracks before he shows off how he didn't learn the lesson
Liam Gallagher
taught everybody with
"Little James"
(true couplet: "Don't you take my, my liberty/Boys and their toys bring noise"). Class. There's also something about a mongoose and Suzy in a Jacuzzi, but the less one thinks about that the better. Which is probably the best way to approach
: keep your distance, don't make eye contact, and nudge up the volume while you slowly back away. ~ Dean Carlson