THE SIN-TONES
The Sin-Tones (Fading Ways Music)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

---

Call me a sucker but I love primal guitar rock. And when the guitar dabbles in surf, spy and garage I'm ordering another round. The Sin-Tones may be the closest thing to the much lamented if not totally ignored Dik Van Dykes, we've had up here in the Arctic. And dang it, it's been too long. Not only does this giddy-up trio churn out rather impressive originals ("Jesus Had a Gibson"), but they also have impeccable taste when butchering other's material. A revved up instrumental version of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" will surely wake Gordie Lightfoot from the dead. A swank take on the "Mary Tyler Moore" theme brings it all home, and I must confess to being quite partial to the two-fer "Hava Tequila". My only quibble is that there ain't enough vocals. Mebbe next time. [Available at the band's website at www.sintones.com.]

© 2001 - John Sekerka