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- Summary: This is the fourth solo album for the singer who cofounded The Minutemen and is currently a bassist for the Stooges.
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- Record Label: Original Recordings Group
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Apr 13, 2011Much of Hyphenated-Man has that kind of blunt, unblinking tone. It sounds like Watt is using Bosch's figures to confront some hard truths, but he does so in a spry, often joyous way.
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Apr 13, 2011His new trio reinvigorates the old one's rapid minimalism with the glass-bone guitar and rhythmic vertigo of Captain Beefheart's classic Magic Band.
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Apr 13, 2011It's a complex, challenging album that does not meet its listeners halfway; if you're up for spending some time in Watt's world, though, there's really nothing else like it.
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Apr 13, 2011Watt's music is no less ambitious or brave than it was in his youth, and for all the inner rumblings of Hyphenated-Man, the final product reflects an agile and active mind that's not about to stop confronting anyone with the courage to listen.
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Apr 13, 2011His beat-poet spiel is more character-actorly than ever, but hyphenated-man is also more accessible than you'd think, thanks to Watt's skittery bass lines.
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UncutApr 13, 2011Overall, however, the reaction is a resounding "Huh?" [May 2011, p.103]