Tuesday 11.06.07: PARTS & LABOR

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Brooklyn’s Parts and Labor make rock music, but in an unconventional way. They rely on wickedly fast and tight drums, laser-taggish drones, violent feedback, and some pretty sick guitar riffs—they’re geeks on speed, in other words. Last year’s Stay Afraid was weird and abrasive and loud, but Mapmaker, though clearly related, seems a bit more accessible, and in an era where “art-rock” is getting much more attention, this isn’t a bad thing at all. While the trio’s latest never feels like a conscious bite at anything commercial, there’s an undeniable get-in-your-head aggression to “Vision of Repair,” while the noodly guitars on “New Crimes” should rock the face off anyone with a pulse. – The Village Voice

with:
Bipolar Bear
Abe Vigoda