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MagnetQuasi has finally crafted a studio work that exudes the same whiff of spontaneity that's always been evident in performance. [#61, p.105]
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Protest songs that are both insidiously hummable and foot-stompingly rocking.
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SpinQuasi sound feistier than they have in years. [Nov 2003, p.114]
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It’s an old trick: happy music, sad words. But Quasi has elevated the strategy to an art form, and it’s nearly impossible to resist the sugar rush of the band’s sound in collision with Coomes’ black musings.
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Coomes' blatant, almost hilarious, display of his guitar mastery is fun to hear. His solos and fills ride front-and-center, perfect and expansive and insane.
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Much of Hot Shit! sounds like backward-leaning, forward-looking protest music.
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Entertainment WeeklyThough things can get a bit maudlin, Quasi's tough-love hipster blues have a raw, lived-in charm. [19 Sep 2003, p.97]
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Rolling StoneSomehow the whole thing remains shambolically tuneful and engaging. [2 Oct 2003, p.121]
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The WireCoomes and Weiss' compact set up maintans an awkward dynamic balancing natural elegance with barbed experiment to sustain the music's flux of design and accident. [#235, p.64]
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Quasi's crass sense of humor is in full force, but throughout their witty criticisms Quasi are imaginative songwriters and conscious of their curiously cool indie rock style.
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BlenderThere are long, gloriously messy instrumental passages, and Coomes pulls off a bunch of swaggering guitar solos. [Oct 2003, p.126]
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Under The RadarQuasi have managed to drive their sound in a completely new direction without becoming self-indulgent. [#5, p.102]
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Aside from being a strikingly orchestrated affair that ranks among Quasi's best work, Hot Shit! is the fully-realized version of Quasi that Coomes has envisioned since the beginning.
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FilterCoomes' slide work is effective and expressive. [#7, p.93]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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JesseFOct 5, 2003
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jeffOct 3, 2003
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RichardSep 11, 2003