Mick Collins, The Dirtbombs’ front-man, is one of American garage punk’s lone black voices.
In 2001, the Detroit band’s Ultraglide In Black album hot-wired Seventies soul standards with scratchy guitars. Ten years later, Party Store offers chunky analogue facsimiles of famous Detroit techno tunes of the Eighties, attempting another cross-cultural hybridisation.
It’s a fantastic conceit, digital music deprogrammed, Kraftwerk in reverse.
Men are driven to drum like machines. Snatches of sampled song are imprecisely vocalised.
Pulverised guitars ape inexactly electronic noise. And a twenty minute slash at Carl Craig’s Bug In The Bassbin sheds and shreds The Dirtbombs’ punk straightjacket.
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Bosco239, youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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John Robins, Comedian
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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World Without End, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Pudabaya, Twitter