Cheater Slicks Live on WFMU / At Carabar LP
There is no better band than CHEATER SLICKS. Like, objectively speaking. Dudes have been at it for 40 years, they’ve put out a ton of records (but not too many!), each of which is both essential and compulsively listenable, and they still kill live. Loudest band I’ve ever seen! So, I’m totally on board with Almost Ready’s blitz of unearthed live recordings. This is the fifth of six such LPs that they’ve released over the past year or so, and it covers two performances: a 2004 appearance on WFMU’s The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T, and a 2006 appearance at the Columbus, OH venue Carabar. The former features a bunch of rockers pulled from Refried Dreams and what would end up being Walk into the Sea, and sounds fantastic. The latter covers more of their subdued numbers, including their great cover of the MYSTIC TIDE’s “Mystery Ship,” which closed out Don’t Like You—it also sounds great, but more like a traditional live record. It’s a document of a band at the height of its power doing what they do best, just absolutely cranking out incredible songs. Let’s unearth every shred of the SLICKS recorded output! Please!