Ceramic Dog – “Your Turn” – [Northern Spy]

mickeyslim   4/24/2013   A Library, CD

Guitarist Marc Ribot teams up with Shahzad Ismaily and Secret Chiefs 3 drummer Ches Smith to make Ceramic Dog, releasing here their second album, Your Turn. Thirteen tracks of mostly raw crunchy guitar free-rock, but there are a few tracks sprinkled throughout that certainly make it more of an eclectic album.

7 instrumentals, and 6 tracks with vocals (of which come the different tracks). Third track is a social commentary on the Internet. Track 6 is a little reggae tune, track 7 is an old protest song with a killer guitar solo riffage after the vocals till the end. Track 11 is a rockin’ cover of Take 5, and 12 is hip-hopy reminiscent of the Beastie Boys. The rest are mostly rockin guitar instrumentals good for any show. Take your time with this, theres something different in every?? track.

Intrumentals: 2,4,5,8,9,11,13

Favorites: 1,4,7,8,12

FCC: 12