In regards to the new Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album entitled Howl.

Is this even the same band? Gone are all traces of the Jesus and Mary Chain only to be replaced by a bluesyness that could only be described as Stonesian. Upon first listen I absolutely hated it. However once I got over the absence of the distorto-fuzz I grooved upon the first time around with these guys, I decided that this disc is not bad. It is not bad at all.

As a matter of fact I think it's the sort of album The Brian Jonestown Massacre has been struggling over and over and over again to make...and BRMC got it right on their first try. Go figure.