Most Popular

"Most Popular" tools sponsored by:

Recent Articles

Recent Articles by Terry Sawyer

National Features >

  • Broward-Palm Beach New Times

    Sexual Healing

    For Florida's sole remaining sex surrogate, love is a many splintered thing.

    By Michael J. Mooney

  • City Pages

    Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteer

    It's not just giant companies cashing in on America's defense industry.

    By Jeff Severns Guntzel

  • The Pitch

    Supersizing Sonic

    How a throwaway idea at the Barkley ad agency became the "Sonic Guys."

    By Justin Kendall

  • Houston Press

    Temples of Tex-Mex

    A diner's guide to Texas's oldest Mexican restaurants.

    By Robb Walsh

Various Artists

Plant Music
Plant Music Records

By Terry Sawyer

Published on November 23, 2006

In this contrarian era, where post-punk has rebirthed disco, it seems that every self-respecting band needs a "Hot Chip" remix. Frankly, it's a bit shocking that Gene Simmons hasn't seen fit to issue a Tiga reworking of "Christine Sixteen." For fans of the DFA sound, where rock and BPMs collide, Plant Music takes obscure acts like Don Cash and other bands such as Rhinocerose -- known primarily for its great iPod commercial moments -- and tosses them into the free-for-all zone. The gathered artists borrow glam guitars or even a fuzz-scuzz Sonic Youth-esque riff and bounce them alongside beats as far apart as Dr. Dre and Gary Numan. Narrowness never afflicts this disc, even though some songs simply don't work -- like DJ Wool's gothier shade of Sneaker Pimps' "Friend Crush." Artfully culled from the edges, Plant Music is a dance-music compilation that's too clever, gritty and dissonant for the pop charts, but still thick with heavy-petting grooves.



Westword Insiders

  • Local food, music and news blasts
  • Free Stuff
Backpage.com