"Brothers", the latest from the Akron based blues outfit The Black Keys is more than just a rehashed, second stab at Attack and Release; it's perhaps the best the band has yet to put out. Teaming up again with producer Danger Mouse, this slab of folk/rock/blues relies more on the lyrical content and arrangement than previous Black Keys releases and it shows. Each track is a stand out, there isn't a dull moment. And damnit I mean that.
On Harvey Milk's latest release ""A Small Turn of Human Kindness"shows a glimpse vulnerability and sincerity that often falls to the wayside of other bands that jumped on the Neur-Isis bandwagon a decade or so ago. It was all to predictable then, as it is now. However, Harvey Milk again seem to veer left of any traditional molds despite a tuned down predominance akin to Neurosis, Sleep or the Melvins at their slowest. There is a stark originality that they have always reeked of, perhaps that's the reason your local scene kids never 'got' them and thankfully never will.
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