THE SLEW
100%
Two turntablists—Kid Koala and Dynomite D—started working together on a to create a soundtrack to a documentary that has since been scrapped. Onstage, they’re joined by Wolfmother’s rhythm section. The oddity of the premise is enough to be a college DJ/record store employee’s wet dream. Weirder still, it delivers. Kid Koala and Dynomite D have chopped up their found hard rock licks so tediously on 100% that it’s a genuinely consumable post-modern experience. Dynomite D has collaborated with the Beastie Boys, and it seems like the Slew has channeled the boys’ first record, along with many other hip-hop and rock combinations like Public Enemy with Anthrax, or Run-DMC with Aerosmith. (This is not rap-rock. I repeat, this is not a call to arms for rap-rock. Let’s never bring up that genre again.) The record is as tight as a band itself, and though the drums and hard-hitting guitars play on the same beat, Koala and D scratch them away and back, right in step. Tracks like “Shackled Soul” and “It’s All Over” would unite a skater/hip-hop/stoner house party quickly enough. (Puget Sound, www.theslew.net) Taylor Burgess
Winnipeg music & culture since 1989