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Wolfmother's ultraconfident tracks could unclog rock radio's weakened arteries. [28 Apr 2006, p.136]
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90Wolfmother might not be the most original band on the planet, but they rock hard and, most importantly, without a trace of irony. [May 2006, p.91]
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One of the stronger debuts of 2006.
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80A terrific gonzoid metal album.
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80Amazingly, it somehow avoids the drivel of The Darkness by sheer gleeful abandon. [Jun 2006, p.98]
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80The riffs blast as if it's 1971 all over again. [Jun 2006, p.148]
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80Far from rocket science, but immense fun nonetheless. [Jun 2006, p.117]
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80This is purely primal, instinctive rock and as derivative as it may be, it still sounds awash with originality.
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Unlike the Darkness or Eagles of Death Metal, these guys don't think this shit is funny, and instead of making them ripe for mockery, it makes Wolfmother that much more respectable.
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Where fellow Aussie pasticheurs the Vines get more depressing the more they manage to sound like Nirvana, listening to Wolfmother's hilarious attempt to board the long-departed cock-rock bandwagon - singing 'She's a woman, you know what I mean!' as if they have never seen a woman, let alone touched one - is actually quite fun.
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75What makes their self-titled debut rise above mere pastiche is how capably they strike a balance between meaty vintage metal and crisp, stoner-rock melodies.
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They're songs infused with bite and bile, quite ridiculous, very bombastic - and let's make this point one more time - utterly, utterly thrilling.
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70Wolfmother have a canny knack for a tune. [Jun 2006, p.98]
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An intriguing garage-rock thread runs through Wolfmother's songs, broadening their sound. [4 May 2006, p.56]
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70A young, kick-ass band with a dusty, unpolished garage sound, Wolfmother excels in what everyone else has already done.
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70For all the strengths of the more straightforward songs, it's the more adventurous fare on the album that hints at Wolfmother's true strengths.
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67The surprising thing about this retro rock trio is that it can actually rock.
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65Their strength lies in the fact that the threesome are capable rockers with conviction, and just enough irony to make it work.
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Deliciously downright dirty.
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At times, Wolfmother's unintentionally bizarre amalgams are kind of delightful, and the group does have a basic, brutal sonic force that is pretty appealing, but even at their best, they never banish the specters of the bands that they desperately mimic.
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60The shelf life of this stuff can be fleeting (ask the Darkness), but for now it sounds pretty good.
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It's not that Wolfmother are all that bad. It's just that everything there is to say about them is best said by immediate reference to another band and Wolfmother always come up short in the comparison.
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