The last few years have been good for rock from the dark side. Sure, there's plenty of polite, middle-of-the-road, so-called 'rock' out there but, equally, there's been a resurgence of bands with the bass slung low, the eyeliner pencil on overdrive and the threads mostly leaning to black. Bands that kick ass with an arty edge, bands that somehow imply that life and death matter but who are also prone to wonder whether they really give a damn? The Cure are back in fashion, John Cale, Sonic Youth and even Metallica are all acknowledged as Godfathers of this dark, arty rock and here they are rubbing shoulders with break-through bands like the Killers, The Bravery and Interpol. The 'later' studio has provided a welcome pit-stop for these bands as they move between the dark halls and festivals and this collection rocks as hard as you like, amps up to max, drummers who know how to hit a kit and a sense of electricity in the air. From Green Day to Nick Cave with all dark storms and big personalities in between (take a bow Courtney Love, Bobby Gillespie and Perry Farrell), here's 'Later.... Even Louder'.
Tracklisting:
1. Green Day - American Idiot
2. The Killers - Somebody Told Me
3. Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
4. Kings Of Leon - The Bucket
5. Interpol - Evil
6. John Cale - Venus In Furs
7. Metallica - King Nothing
8. The Distillers - Die On A Rope
9. Queens Of The Stone Age - The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
10. Primal Scream - Rocks
11. Hole - Malibu
12. Muse - Hyper Music
13. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
14. The Hives - Supply And Demand
15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Pin
16. Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage
17. The Vines - Highly Evolved
18. Screaming Trees - Halo Of Ashes
19. Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
20. The Datsuns - In Love
21. The Bravery - Honest Mistake
22. PJ Harvey - Who The Fuck?
23. Mercury Rev - In A Funny Way
24. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Sweet 'N' Sour
25. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
26. Alice In Chains - Would
27. Desert Sessions featuring Josh Homme and PJ Harvey - Crawl Home
28. Ash - Orpheus
29. Sonic Youth - Drunken Butterfly
30. The Cure - Alt.End
31. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - There She Goes My Beautiful World