PRIMAL SCREAM - Riot City Blues Review

A few things the new album from Primal Scream isn't: clever, ground-breaking, genre redefining, a bold new step into a brave new sonic world. Oh yeah, and what's the opposite of clichéd?...full text Since their 2002's Evil Heat, changes have been afoot in Primal Scream. Guitarist Robert Young, a mainstay since 1983, has mysteriously vanished from the line-up, apparently "on sabbatical". So has Kevin Shields; presumably being in Primal Scream interfered with the former My Bloody Valentine frontman's pressing schedule of doing virtually nothing....full text Primal Scream's latest studio album should come with a health warning for those with a nervous disposition. Their energy is turned up to eleven and sod any city riot, there's one going on inside my head. It's all good though and as refreshing as a blustery sea breeze the morning after a heavy one....full text