| Slow Poisoner, The / Roadside Altar |
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| Album: | Roadside Altar | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Slow Poisoner, The | Added: | Jul 2007 | |
| Label: | Rocktopus Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-07-29 | Pull Date: | 2007-09-30 |
| Week Ending: | Sep 30 | Sep 16 | Aug 19 | Aug 12 | Aug 5 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 12, 2011: | Bisous Bijoux T.B. Blues | 4. | Sep 15, 2007: | New World Disorder Run Rooster Run | |
| 2. | Sep 29, 2007: | New World Disorder Run Rooster Run | 5. | Sep 13, 2007: | Disorder in the Afternoon Flaming Creatures (Of Rock And Roll) | |
| 3. | Sep 25, 2007: | New World Lost and Found Flaming Creatures (Of Rock And Roll) | 6. | Aug 16, 2007: | At Your Local Dive (Bloodstains & Beer On The Floor) Faded Love |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-07-31 | ||
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The Slow Poisoner – Roadside Altar Reviewed by Sadie O., 7/26/07 Local minimalist roots strangeness. Many songs consist of little but solo acoustic guitar and kick drum and reedy vocals. A lot of the lyrics sound like they should have a Cramps-style delivery, and the rather thin quavery vocals simply add to the general feeling of creepy snaggle-toothed backwoodness. A little less dangerously insane than Hasil Adkins, a bit darker and less electrified than the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. No FCCs detected. I like 2, 5, 7, and 10 best. 1. 3:38 **jangly guitars, midtempo rather jaunty beat, voodoo lyrics. I could see Webb Wilder doing this… 2. 2:18 ***channeling Hasil Adkins – just thrashing guitar and minimal drums – and great lyrics about “now that your head is gone, run rooster run”… ha ha! 3. 3:33 **bongos and truly weird lyrics. There’s a tiny tinge of Danzig in the bassline, somehow… 4. 2:59 *solo fingerpicking and howling country blues (Jimmie Rodgers cover). 5. 2:19 ***Bo Diddley beat with marimba, terrific lyrics about a lousy place to live. 6. 2:35 *bongos and strummed guitar, old-timey country song, but with a bit of reverb on the vocals. Great Sons of the Pioneers-style chorus. 7. 3:00 ***twangy solo electric guitar, insane lyrics, yay! 8. 3:13 acoustic guitar and a bit of piano, a bit of “Mother Nature’s Son”. 9. 2:30 *midtempo 4/4 strumming, howled cover of Bob Wills’ classic. More marimbas, definitely a different take. 10. 4:20 ***guitar, tom and tambourine, midtempo and very weird lyrics. The bongos do make it just a touch odder… Everything about this gets stranger as it goes along. | ||
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