BLACK DOG

Maybe 10, 15 years ago, the memetic monks of the d-beat worldmind fired their decree down the psychic wire: "ALL D-BEAT MUST SUCK!" And, it must be said, some heretic hold-outs scattered throughout Latin America and Japan notwithstanding, the shoe-string antennae picked up the frequency and a resonant harmony was mostly achieved. They let Washington DC and, eventually, Florida splice in endless breakdowns, and the vocal delay got cranked to indecipherable levels. The writing on the wall and the...