II

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Total Tracks: 19   Total Length: 48:07

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Who are…The Men

By Austin L. Ray, eMusic Contributor

On 2011's Leave Home, The Men unleashed a sprawling, overwhelming, brute-force basher of a rock 'n' roll record on a mostly-unsuspecting public, leaving a bunch of exhausted, gape-mouthed listeners in its wake In following up such a galvanic-if-difficult release, the Brooklyn foursome presents Open Your Heart, a more accessible and delightfully mixed bag that touches on hardcore, Buzzcockian power pop, classic country drinking songs, straight-ahead rock and propulsive, building jams the likes of which would… more »

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The Meat Puppets

By Andrew Perry, eMusic Contributor

Born at the height of hardcore punk, Meat Puppets exemplified the kind of group who, as they grew up, were not to be contained by punk's three-chord template. They followed their first furious record on SST with a series of brittle explorations of folky, country-tinged psychedelic-rock, flying in the face of hardcore's machismo. The band's story, however, is very hardcore. The trio, centered around Curt Kirkwood (vocals, guitar) and his brother, Cris (bass, vocals), gradually crept… more »