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This LA trio's EP may not have the coolest name but it definitely has some cool songs and a pretty unique sound. Lead singer Ken Ramos sounds a bit like Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, but the music Shiloe makes would sound a lot more at home at a drug-den than at an East Village Art gallery. "The Rat" opens things off with a driving fuzztone riff, rolling drums and a cool detached-yet-desperate vibe that gets a big indie-rock thumbs up. Things a get a bit more dynamic and dark on "Lady In The Attic" and "Delay", but they're not in the slightest bit boring. I don't think Shiloe know the meaning of the word. "Black", with its droning guitars, and repeated refrain of "she brings me down", ends things off on a beautifully bleak note. All I'm left thinking is, "I want more Shiloe songs".
DAVID MANSDORF
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