Roughstars

Maximum rock 'n' bounce has officially arrived in New York City. Lazy musical classifications like soul, rock, electro, funk cannot be applied to the love and sweat-fueled melding of past and future music that Roughstars create. Akin to a high-tech mash-up of The Clash, Funkadelic, Timbaland and ESG, a Roughstars track is a rare breed of intelligent party song that leaps cultural and musical boundaries. The squad of Lars, Vito, and Bullet Brown have been perfecting their marriage of grimy rock and flossy bounce since 1998. Vito and Bullet Brown constantly deliver stunningly soulful vocal explosions which Lars compliments perfectly with tweaked digital funk and dusted live instrumentation. Their lack of musical inhibitions insures that their debut full-length will be one of the most talked about independent albums of the year. Recommended.