The Raveonettes

The Raveonettes take their Jesus & Mary Chain zombie-rock to a funeral. Country moping, doo-wop balladry and awesome girl group melodrama -- Pretty In Black is for late at night. A few electro elements make it a real Frankenstein monster mish-mash, but one with a good beat that you can dance to.

Rock & roll's past is a living thing to singer-songwriter-guitarist Sune Rose Wagner. There was
no mistaking his precise study and modern love of Buddy Holly balladry and the malt-shop
noir of the Shangri-Las inside the hard rains of distortion on this Danish band's first two
records. But clarity is the new extreme. Pretty in Black is virtually fuzz-free, highlighting
the exquisite detail in the Raveonettes' gift for pastiche: the prowling, garage-su... More >