Album Review: The Idolizers - "Concretins"
Certain albums you can tell that you're in for a good time as soon as that first riff you hits your ears and Action! , the opening track on Rum Bar signed New Yorkers the Idolizers' second album, is one of those times, a deliciously nasty sounding Radio Birdman style descending spiral building up before the tune kicks in properly. As far as opening thirty seconds go, it's definitely up there with some of the best I've heard of late. It's pretty clear from the off that the Idolizers are into the nastier end of garage punk - as well as Radio Birdman, think the Stooges, the Dead Boys, Back In The USA era MC5 and obviously the Ramones (I have a theory that a love of da Bruddas is a precursor to getting signed by Rum Bar on the evidence of this year so far!) None of which would mean squat of course if they weren't any good at it but I'm pleased to report that Concretins packs a suitably hefty punch and the requisite amount of sneering aggression to make it a ...