Meat Puppets

The first Meat Puppets studio album in five years isn't a proper Puppets record at all -- at
least not for those who think that the band revolves around founders Curt Kirkwood and
his drug-addled brother Cris. The good news: The new Cris-less lineup -- guitarist Kyle
Ellison, drummer Shandon Sahm and ex-Bob Mould bassist Andrew Duplantis -- doesn't stink,
by any means. It does, however, lack the original band's inspired derangement.... More >