Music for All Persuasions

Renegade Soundwave

Music for All Persuasions

May 15, 2001

Big Beat

Talk about how Renegade Soundwave were ahead of their time and that conversation will go late into the evening, but the electro dub outfit were also brilliant because they willfully hid behind "dangerous" imagery, like the S&M inspired cover here, or the loaded bong they featured on another set. This late career record is a treat, but don't miss their early stuff, not by any means.

- David Jeffries

Tin Machine

Tin Machine

Tin Machine

May, 1989

Album Rock

David Bowie's decision to form a tough, hard-rocking guitar band at the end of the 80's marked a return to form for the ever-inventive Thin White Duke who had mired himself for much of the decade in less-than-stellar mainstream pop. Find himself once again ahead of the curve, Tin Machine's dark, noisy rock predates both the grunge and alt-rock booms that would explode over the next five years.

- Timothy Monger