BBQ
Tie Your Noose (Bomp)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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It may take a few minutes to adjust to the stark sonic assault of the one man band known as BBQ, but suddenly, unexpectedly, what may have been annoying you a moment before has burrowed into your eardrum and is tickling your brain's G-spot. There it is: the spirit of rock & roll, authentic as anything you care to mention. Mark Sultan (ex-Spaceshits and Les Sexareenos) plays guitar and drums simultaneously, a la Hasil Adkins, and performs a stack of tunes that sound so much like authentic late 50s rock and roll songs you'll be checking credits and doing Net searches to make sure they're not. They're not. The guy just has the gift. With a voice that changes a bit from song to song, Sultan has the edge to belt out raunchy garage rock ("Outta My Mind ") and the soulfulness to pull off a Sam Cookealike performance when he wants to ("Shake Real Low"). With the trend toward minimalism making stars of duos like The White Stripes and The Black Keys, Sultan's one-man approach should rocket him to the top.

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