CRIME AND THE CITY SOLUTION - Paradise Discotheque LP (colour vinyl) post-punk and is just now seeing

and is just now seeing release via Merge

The result of this special rendezvous is an elegant and dark sound

MC5-ish guitar licks so fuzzed-out that the strings practically play themselves

Richard Dawson and Sally Pilkington

PETTY CRIME

CRIME AND THE CITY SOLUTION - Paradise Discotheque LP (colour vinyl) post-punk and is just now seeingLimited edition translucent orange colour vinyl. C+TCS were part of the nebulous scene that included The Birthday Party, and you can hear influences of Nick Cave's gang in this, their masterpiece. But C+TCS were no mere emulators: this sounds like nothing else. I Have the Gun starts proceedings; a propulsive sea shanty with a middle section that sounds like a hostage negotiation gone bad. The Sly Persuaders is a slinky lounge tune sung by a world