What's The Time Mr Wolf? : The Noisettes : Review : Rolling Stone

Don’t be fooled by the “ette” in the name – there’s nothing cute or whimsical about the Noisettes. They are three bad-news London kids who came to knock you out, take your money and blow your mind. Fantastically named singer Shingai Shoniwa is a piece of work for sure, jumping from soulful growls to evil shrieks like a cross between Karen O and Koko Taylor. The guitar-drums-bass lineup takes it back to the stray-cat blues of the early Stones, with Dan Smith’s snarly guitar reminding you they call it “garage rock” because a garage is a great place to get beat up. When they rave up in “Sister Rosetta (Capture the Spirit),” they’re untouchable, yet they also explode in brief what-the-hell-was-that anthems like “Iwe” and “Scratch Your Name.” When Shoniwa orders, “Scratch your name into the fabric of this world before you go,” the only regret is that you don’t have a name as cool as hers.

ROB SHEFFIELD

(Posted: Apr 2, 2007)

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Honestly, it's really weird why people compare Noisettes to Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I love both of the bands, but they don't sound the same. Noisettes are more mainstream, even though they're not. Yeah Yeah Yeahs are more of an art, garage type sounding band, atleast before Show Your Bones realeased, but anyway. WTTMr.W is a hyper, spastic full of energy in you face music that suits everyone well. There's isn't much you can say about it other than it's well-made, not boring, and otherwise great, point blank. My favorite songs are sister rosseta, scratch your name, count of monty christo, i we, and bridge to canada. This may sound weird, but someof the songs kind of sound like The Black Parade...bridge to canada is full of granjure and has that 80s style of music that My Chem's album is reminisscant of (sorry for my spelling, haha). Anyway, the albums great, if you like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs but want a more swallowable taste, go for this album.

May 16, 2007 07:22:25

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