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| 4 by Rolling Stone |
If Nirvana had been led by a chick singer, Bleach might have sounded like the Distillers' Coral Fang. On its third album, the Los Angeles quartet rips through a series of punk songs that balance throa... |
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| n/a by www.drownedinsound.com |
The record sounds like a seamless amalgamation of the three Hole eras (punk, grunge and rock), with Dalle’s ska roots almost entirely supplanted in favour of a grungier muse. |
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| n/a by www.playlouder.com |
This is heavy pop at its very best. |
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| n/a by www.dotmusic.com |
[Dalle] may be the New Courtney Love, at times even the Punk PJ Harvey, but she also has a depth of emotion that was last displayed by Kurt Cobain. |
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| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
All you have to do is plug Coral Fang in and turn it on to experience [Dalle's] greatness. |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
Coral Fang impresses not just by some nebulous "punk" standards, but by the standards of just about anyone who wants to be rocked gently out of sleep by the dulcet tones of thrashing guitars, pogo-friendly love songs, and possibly the most compellingly forceful female punk vocals since Exene Cervenka wailed her way out of the nihilistic abyss that cartographers call "L.A." |
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| n/a by NME |
In making a record with such universal themes of love and hate, and sounding so pissed off in the process, Brody has inadvertently made herself the most important new rock star in the world. |
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| n/a by www.eonline.com |
So what if the clean-ish production elicits screams of "Sellout!" from longtime fans? This is good stuff. Somewhere, Courtney Love is wishing she made this album. |
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| n/a by www.ew.com |
Beyond Dalle's rusty-razor delivery, though, little about ''Coral Fang'' is remotely dangerous or shocking. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
The Distillers subtract a little of Joan Jett's poppy tunefulness and add (even) more aggressive vocals. If that sounds good to you, you'll at least like this album. |
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| n/a by www.theonionavclub.com |
Coral Fang's lack of memorable hooks makes it hard to admire for long. |
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| n/a by www.villagevoice.com |
Those who looked at the Distillers as the hope of 2003 might be disappointed that Dalle's stuck in 1994. |
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