| Ruffin, Vex / Crash Course Ep |
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| Album: | Crash Course Ep | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Ruffin, Vex | Added: | Oct 2011 | |
| Label: | Stones Throw | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-12-11 | Pull Date: | 2012-02-12 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 15 | Jan 8 | Dec 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 10, 2012: | Modern Donkey Man With A Plan | 3. | Dec 14, 2011: | Brownian Motion Man With A Plan | |
| 2. | Jan 04, 2012: | Brownian Motion Man With A Plan | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Deniz Cebenoyan Reviewed 2011-12-09 | ||
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Vex Ruffin/ “Crash Course” / Stones Throw Records Male singer/noise artist. Voice is more like bored talking, reminiscent of the hot guy in high school who thought he could be in a band because of his Gavin Rossdale haircut. Despite non-noteworthy vocals, the focal point here is the heavy beats/distortion, noisy sound. Songs often include a goth-rock feel, with lots of synths, and almost always a solid melody, though frequently repetitive. No FCCs detected. Favorites include: 2, 6. 1. 3:10 Slightly atonal apathetic singing over solid beat and bass. 2. *2:28 Starts with nice uptempo beat, heavily distorted guitars and vocals ensue. Voice sing-talks mostly around one note, but distortion/beat/vague melody make it nice. 3. 2:11 Heavily distorted vocals, sounds a bit like indie lo-fi haunted house music. 4. 3:01 Midtempo, almost caricature-esque forced low vocals, like he’s trying to do a bad impression of someone… someone I don’t know. Repetitive, mostly 2 chords. 5. 2:56 Vocals clearly evoke The Clash/Sex Pistols, over repetitive bass melody. 6. *2:44 Repetitive vocals/electric guitars, but something vaguely catchy about it. 7. 3:31 Synth background, occasional “ooos” to add a bit of texture in chorus. Nice semi-sudden (synth) instrumental ending. Deniz Cebenoyan | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Sacrifice | 4. | Shield For You | |||
| 2. | Man With A Plan | 5. | I'm Creative | |||
| 3. | Crash Course | 6. | My Mind | |||
| 7. | Hey Jerald | |||||