“Listen! Smile! Repeat!”
Riff-born and storm-forged: Slippery When Wet's "Storm the Spectrum" conjures downtempo experimental electronica using only guitars and zero effects — born in the heart of an Arizona monsoon. "Bullies in the Schoolyard" gets in your face, in your space, while "Young Studs in Black Leather" pays leather-clad tribute to Chicago's biker scene. syn.terra's "Aeon / Moongrind" grooves through swamp rock with brass tremble-and-wail over earthen piano and wetland synthesizers. Quizboy delivers something manic and angry — you can do the twist and cry from angst at the same time.