Breaking news: Austin band makes good music
Since moving here I've been wondering where to find the bands that make art instead of trying to be the next whatever (insert Trail of Dead or Stevie Ray Vaughan reference here) or just make it as working musicians around town. I don't disagree with those people doing what they do. That's cool for them. I just want to hear something a little different.
Coma in Algiers do something a little different. Take the early Touch and Go type sound of Flipper, Big Black, and Jesus Lizard, add some weird noises and 60s influence that reminds me of Electric Eels and Pere Ubu, and throw it together with some antisocial lyrics and I'd say you have a winner. It's a little retro but kinda new at the same time, and it's definitely not "retro" in the sense of the Blondie or Gang of Four rips that are still floating around.
picture ganked from their Myspace
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