Redd Kross, 'Researching the Blues' (Merge)

August 8, 2012 – Power-pop's prodigal songs return, and struggle somewhat with both the power and the pop. Lovedolls, Tater Totz, Tatum O'Tot and the Fried Vegetables, Sgt. Shonen's Exploding Plastic Eastman Band, Anarchy 6, Carrie Nations, Brady Kids — the Redd Kross guys (Red Cross, actually, pre-lawsuit) have been big on your fake bands: covering them, singing about them, being them. …
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