RTP-area local music and culture

[DJ Golf <djgolf AT mindspring.com>]

Sightings' "Through The Panama" is my favorite record of 2008 so far.
It's kind of like the pop version of Swans' "Filth."  Gtr bass &
drums, maxo distorto so you can't really even tell what's what but in
a good way.  More melody & song structure than, say, Wolf Eyes
(really?) but not too much so.  Vocals are a bit more restrained than
those of most of the US noise underground stuff - you can occasionally
understand a lyric or two.  And they do a Scott Walker cover.

It's been a long time since I bought something directly as a result of
a review in the Independent, but this was just that.


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