I'm an enormous Rage Against the Machine fan‚ and nothing stoked
me more than them playing shows again the past couple years. Not
to mention the fact that Audioslave was a disaster in my
opinion‚ proving that Chris Cornell is just a self-rightous hole
in the wall. So I'm excited to see that Tom Morello is doing
something new and badass for the first time in a little while.
St. Sweeper's got Boots Riley from The Coup on lead vocals‚ and
while he's no De LaRoca‚ he's got some nuts and sway. It's
pretty anthemic shit though‚ and really fun actually - most of
the album is streaming at
http://www.myspace.com/streetsweepersocialclub. I'd put up an
original‚ but I've been hung up on their cover of M.I.A.'s
"Paper Planes." They're got a couple rough cuts up on Youtube‚
but here's a sweet one that has Wayne Kramer of the MC5 sitting
in. The band's opening up for the Nine Inch Nails/Jane's
Addiction tour this summer‚ we'll see how the kiddies react.