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It’s a glorious low-frequency hootenanny that slurs soul, punk, psych-rock, and pop until you’re not sure what language you’re hearing anymore.
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MojoDangerous, magical, and gleefully noisy. [Dec 2003, p.113]
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Collins's way with a hook has blown up into a stack of tunes that stick, ranging from cranked-up faux-arena rock to spine-shaking rhythm and staccato bounce.
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Dangerous Magical Noise is rock and roll at its pure, shaggy best. If you're tired of that, you're tired of life.
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Under The RadarThey are clearly a band of great musical knowledge and breadth, yet manage to avoid coming off as pale pastiches of other great bands. [#5, p.100]
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Tunes like "Sun is Shining" and "Stop" highlight Collins' surprisingly soulful voice and separate Dangerous ... from the innumerable garage albums released weekly.
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BlenderDangerous Magical Noise is a great Friday night, and your ears will ring through Sunday. [Nov 2003, p.112]
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Stubbornly lo-fi and expectedly scrappy, the album is also tremendously listenable, a rhythmic, leg-flailing romp through vintage soul cool, glam boogie, classic rock thrash, and punk bravado.
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Q MagazineA stoned gas. [Dec 2003, p.123]
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The Dirtbombs are a rock & roll band pure and simple, and if you like pure and simple rock & roll with a dash of soul, you will flip over Dangerous Magical Noise.
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DrunkenMasterAug 31, 2006