Elastica

For listeners who know their British post-punk history, Elastica are the ultimate guilty
pleasure. Their 1995 debut, Elastica, still sounds like the work of cheeky plagiarists with
taste so cool and tunes so smart that the group's blatant thievery from bands like Wire and
the Stranglers is more than forgivable. The Menace, the long-delayed follow-up, finds
Elastica in an unrepentant mood, scuffing up their terse, trashy guitar rock with... More >

See: Five Years and Eight Hours: Elastica Out of Control. (Grade: A-)