The Dictators - The Next Big Thing EP

The Dictators - The Next Big Thing EPIts been 40 years since Andy Adny Shernoff, Scott Top Ten Kempner, Ross The Boss Friedman a. k. a. FUNichello, Stu Boy King, and Handsome Dick Manitoba released the Dictators debut Go Girl Crazy! album and created the loud, fast, and rude template that thousands of punk bands to come slavishly followed. And now the boys are ready to celebrate their anniversary with a little help from a very special friend. Long time fan, professional party animal and

Viewing each aspect of his artistic output

asking everyone to be as much themselves as they possibly can and the hardcore encouragement expressed in his most popular line

to inspire us to hold the spirit close and do what’s next

says Time Out

and the production is direction

refers to the underground opposition of the dystopian novel’s totalitarian government ideology

resulting in some of the most detailed and spacious recordings of their career

and there's a real sun-blasted quality to it all that just makes you want to crank the volume

never hiding behind “electronic abstraction” but rather engaging in a musical dialog with the listener

Animal Collective's ninth studio album

Ideal Corners is the hazed-out summation of years of songcraft and self-discovery

” A fascinating window into their early days