Ruff Guide To Genre Terrorism, The - Sonic Boom Six

Advantages: a cross over of genres - appeals to lots of people, not one bad track, fairly inexpensive
Disadvantages: quite hard to get hold of (i found)

...get their album. The Ruff Guide To Genre Terrorism is one of those albums that will make you want to dance. The album is the first major release from the band, and all the songs are a cross of genres, including ska, punk rock, reggea and hip-hop. The band, who are from Manchester have obviously grown up with these influences and it is very noticeable within their music. The songs that stand out (for me) are "All In" (the single), "Piggy In The ...
...be the most popular, and range from a chilled out reggea/hip-hop song(All In), to quite a hard punk-rock song (Bigger Than Punk Rock). Other notable songs are "Northern Skies" - a much slower song, that the listeners can just sit back and relax to - and "Don't Say I Never Warned Ya" - an upbeat hip-hop style song telling listeners they should live life how they want to live it, not how other people might want them to live it. Overall, I think if ... Read review

Advantages: A BREATH OF FRESH AND FURIOUS AIR
Disadvantages: BELOW THE RADAR AS YET!

...this, their debut LP ‘The Ruff Guide to Genre Terrorism’ released just under a year ago was vastly overlooked. Here is a band with as much diversity as you could ask for, with songs strong enough to entice even the most sceptical of listeners. Tracks 1, 5 and 11 are my personal favourites. If Soulwax were a ska act, you could expect this as standard produce! ... Read review