Kansas quintet Ad Astra Per Aspera are nothing if not all over the place -- and initially it seems like their hyper-eclecticism might do them in, with "Voodoo Economics" veering between neo- post-punk-dance, ska beats, and the kind of wackiness that either suggests a lot of Frank Zappa or a slew of Twinkies. A bit of gooey sentiment in the song titles aside, Catapult Calypso ends up a winner largely because rather than about 95-percent of their American indie rock contemporaries, Ad Astra Per Aspera aren't...   [ read more ]

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Kansas quintet Ad Astra Per Aspera are nothing if not all over the place -- and initially it seems like their hyper-eclecticism might do them in, with "Voodoo Economics" veering between neo- post-punk-dance, ska beats, and the kind of wackiness that either suggests a lot of Frank Zappa or a slew of Twinkies. (Having calm female voices set aside high-pitched screaming is, if nothing else, ear-catching.) A bit of gooey sentiment in the song titles aside ("Nothing Else Is the Real Thing, " {...   [ read more ]

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