I'd like to know people's opinions on Trans Am. I just saw them live on a
whim and they were pretty coolI was expecting them to be some variation on
Chicago "post-rock", and they did some of that, but they also did a lot of
"Stereolab meets rock"-droning keyboards and hard programmed beats along with
heavy guitar, bass, drums. They were really all over the placeeach song was
a new sound. What are their albums like? Based on the live show, I'd
recommend them if you think Stereolab are too glossy, Tortoise too boring, or
Atari teenage riot too stupidly abrasive and formulaic, but you're looking for
some unifier between Mouse on Marsish bloopy stuff/other techno, and a certain
mix of hard /ambient/melodic rock.
On a completely off-topic note, if some Briton on this list who knows a lot
about the UK's international relations and domestic politics (esp. ethnic
politics, but anything is ok) could email me privately, I'd greatly appreciate
it.
Sam