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  • Band members: Mick Collins, Zack Weedon
  • Summary: Paying tribute to the techno pioneers of Detroit, the garage rock band out of Michigan delve into a bit of disco and dance music with the reinterpretation of programmed drums and synths on their latest release.
  • Record Label: In the Red Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Garage Punk
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
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  1. PopMatters
    Jan 31, 2011
    90
    Turns out the Dirtbombs have some mystery in them yet, as they stop sounding like a first rate cover band and instead discover the first rate freeek lurking inside; now that's reason to celebrate.
  2. All Music Guide
    Feb 2, 2011
    80
    It's easy to guess that most of the guys paid tribute to here wouldn't know what to make of the tracks, but if anything here leads the average garage rock-loving Dirtbombs fan back to the sounds of Detroit techno, the album will have done its job.
  3. Uncut
    Feb 8, 2011
    80
    Reinterpreting these sample-and-synth-laden originals for guitar is quite an achievement, and the results are certainly fascinating. [Feb 2011, p.82]
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  4. The Guardian
    Feb 11, 2011
    60
    The highlights--versions of Inner City's Good Life, Rhythim Is Rhythim's Strings of Life, Jaguar by Underground Resistance--don't sound much like techno any more, but have enough suppleness and propulsive thrust that it is possible to imagine a dancefloor heaving to them.

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