Music In Brief
August 23rd, 2005

Little Rock's singular American Princes caught a
welcome break with superb southern indie-rock label
Yep Roc, which will release the band's third record in
2006, and has re-released last year's Little Spaces as
an appetizer. American Princes have a sound halfway
between the expansive, apocalyptic pop-punk of
Canadian bands like Constantines and the desperate,
atonal boogie of Kings Of Leon, all stirred into a
tall glass of gulping whiskey. The mix produces
striking effects on songs like the screeching
anti-anthem "Rock 'N' Roll Singer," the inverted
classic rocker "I Want To Be Good," and the weary
road-ballad "Eyeliner." Album number three can't come
fast enough.

-Noel Murray