Q and Not U - Hot and Informed

Yet another potent find for the D.C. flagship label. Just when you wondered if the capitol has stopped producing powerful new post-punk underground bands, "And the Washington Monument Blinks Goodnight" and "Busy Lights Busy Carpet" hit all the right jagged chords, like a cross between Gang Of Four, Proletariat, and their '80s Dischord forebears. The production, by the magic formula of Fugazi member and label co-owner Ian Mackaye with engineer Don Zientara at Inner Ear Studios (a combination that's produced more great records in 20 years than we can name), is hard-hitting and clear, and the playing is wired and well arranged. Read More