New Heavy

VINYL FORMAT. Dub Trio is one of the few bands that can open for Mike PAtton (featured on this record), reggae legends The Wailers, hip hop's MC Beans, electro-pioneers Meat Beat Manifesto, firebrand Capleton, jazz-funkers Soulive, and electronica maestro Prefuse 73 (all of which they did in 2005). It speaks volumes about their music's versatility; one minute it's gummy dub, the next it's chest-beating, chug-a-lug metal, shredding punk, and bleeped-out electronic psychedelia. At its best, Dub Trio's music is simultaneously all these and more. Their sophomore album, aptly-titled New Heavy is undoubtedly a rock record that retains enough dubby elements to save the boys a name-change.