School's Out

Miss Alex White & The Red Orchestra; SSM; DC Snipers)
@Magnetic Field
Brooklyn, NY - January 6, 2006

2006 kicked off with Chicago’s little darling, 20 year old school-skipping Alex White, whose marvelous voice was undercut by a mediocre sound set-up but nevertheless kicked rock n roll butt (with help from her Detroit-based backing band). Meanwhile, the Motor City’s latest supergroup creation, SSM (Szymanski, Shettler, & Morris) are an electro-pop garage thing and more than satisfy. Openers DC Snipers continue to leave a bad taste in my mouth with their name, and the songs, while essential garage rock fun, are a little too sloppy, and are played a little too sloppy. The band also suffered from broken instruments and frequent delays.