Black Dice : Rolling Stone

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Creature Comforts

Abstract Brooklyn noise punks black Dice use conventional instruments unconventionally: keyboards made to sound like drains unclogging, drums played on the rim, guitars strummed in seemingly aimless fashion. Like Sonic Youth reincarnated in Williamsburg, Black Dice evoke sublime psychological realms...

2004 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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If the Strokes revived vintage CBGB rock and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs embodied Brooklyn's hipster cool, Black Dice represented the cutting edge of New York City's postmillennial punk. The foursome started out in the Providence, RI, noise scene, which was established by Rhode Island School of Design students and centered on the legendary underground venue Fort Thunder. Unlike Providence's other leading ...

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