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(Modular, 2006) You’d better watch out, because Australian power-trio Wolfmother are coming for you! The Dimensions EP seems to be a direct homage to the greatest of the great rock artists in the ’60s and ’70s, from Andrew Stockdale’s Ozzy/Robert Plant vocals and Hendrix lyrics (”A purple haze is in the sky”) to the band’s Cream of Sabbath soup sound. “Minds Eye” has a Kansas-style keyboard break, and “The Earth’s Rotation Around The Sun” even directly copies the Allman Brothers’ “Whipping Post” riff. Listeners seeking originality and invention should obviously look elsewhere. That doesn’t mean this is bad stuff, though. Fans of psychedelic drugs and psychedelic rock will love Dimensions, with its guitar solos and heavy stomp. Wolfmother are very good at what they do, even if it’s been out of style for thirty years.

As a side note, what the hell is with every new indie band having Wolf in its name? Wolfmother, Wolf Parade, Guitar Wolf, AIDS Wolf, Wolf Eyes, Patrick Wolf, Tiger Bear Wolf, Wolf Colonel…I think Wolf is the new pink.

1. Dimension
2. Mind's Eye
3. Love Train
4. The Earth's Rotation Around The Sun

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– Kevin

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