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Formats and Editions
1. China Fibberous
2. Tramps of Taro Sound, The
3. Echolalia
4. Enola Gay
5. Pulling Yarns
6. Beaver Fever
7. Stiletto
8. Ass Kissin' Lips
9. Oh My Dear
10. Carrion-Eaters' Lullaby, The
11. Thankful Hank & The Guzzard
12. Zug Island: Better Than Gary
13. March of the Zug
14. Little Crimes
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After four years of gigging and untold hours of knob twiddling, Quasar Wut-Wut has produced an ambitious album that's challengingly experimental yet ultimately accessible. Lyrically dark but sonically thrilling, TARO SOUND doesn't fit neatly into any single sub-genre of indie rock. It is the painstaking result of a thinking band's toil, a teeming cityscape of upside-down pop houses and tangent-taking breezeways echoing with the poetry of Cohen, Newman, and Ono Band Lennon. Imagine Frank Zappa hosting an episode of the Muppet Show if Animal was a klezmer drummer. TARO SOUND is a dense, frantic soundtrack-and it's Quasar Wut-Wut's calling card to the world. Relocating from Detroit to Chicago in 1999, Quasar Wut-Wut took aim at Chicago's club scene scoring gigs with national acts such as Pedal Steel Transmission, Apples In Stereo, the Lucksmiths, Local H, and the Waxwings; the hipsters responded with moving feet and scratching chins. 'What was this Quasar Wut-Wut? We like it, but what is it?' On stage, frenetic guitar lines give way to swells of odd grandeur; the sarcasms of milkmen long dead meet inspired playing, finding manic grace inside folds of loose-limbed indie pop. When the Quasars play, you can imagine Edward Gorey picking up a Stratocaster and crosshatching the Pixies. TARO SOUND may sound like nothing you've heard before, but that's why it deserves a listen. Approximating the spontaneous combustion of a lost gypsy caravan blasting the White Album and Rain Dogs, Quasar Wut-Wut has an indescribably unique sound. TARO SOUND has been road-tested all over Chicago and Detroit, including high-profile shows at the Metro, Double Door, the Empty Bottle, Alvin's, the Magic Bag, and the Gold Dollar. Press on Quasar Wut-Wut 'Sheer manic energy... Uses instrumental virtuosity to spit on the relevance of instrumental virtuosity.' - Chicago Reader 'As enigmatic as the band's name: jazzy, polyrhythmic, lush, herky-jerky, electronic...' - Illinois Entertainer 'A nice combination of fuzzed-out, plunking twin-guitar volleys and an oft-countrified rhythm section' - The Current 'Fun, tight, and rule-breaking' - Jam Rag 'Their quirky, comical, spunky sounds radiate from the stage and hype up the audience.' - Columbia Chronicle 'A tantalizing, uppity groove, not unlike the kind you'd hear at a carnival' - The State News 'Strong local band' - Chicago Sun-Times 'Vaudevillian insanity goodness' - The Gold Dollar 'You're not going get many dates by having this record in your collection, but so what?' - The Current.
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