The Smallest Room
  • Menu

    Music
    Arts
    About
    Travel
    Teach

  • MUSIC
    • record reviews
    • LIVE REVIEWS
    • features
  • ARTS
  • About
  • Travel
  • Teach

Tomahawk – ODDFELLOWS

First Published in Metro (Sydney Morning Herald), March 2013

The single from Tomahawk’s first record in six years, ‘Stone Letter’, is a ’90s anachronism that belies Oddfellows’ excellence. Though if the song’s pop punk guitars and formulaically explosive chorus is up your alley, you may be estranged later by the weirder fare, like the deranged yet debonair jazz-metal-swing of ‘Rise Up Dirty Waters which could be a California-era Mr Bungle track burst free from a time capsule.

The supergroup that includes Mike Patton, John Stanier, Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard) and — this time around – Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas) has lost none of its chemistry, confidence and musicianship: these are fun, punchy, inventive songs and it’s always a joy to hear Patton whisper, roar and croon. I have no complaints, merely curiosity as to what might happen if Tomahawk used its talents to push into territory it didn’t already own.

[rating: 3.5]

MusicRecord reviews
Share Tweet

Kate

You Might Also Like

  • LIVE REVIEWS

    Floors of Heaven underwater concert (Woolloomooloo Bay)

  • features

    The ‘Yolŋu surf rock’ of Yothu Yindi’s next generation

  • LIVE REVIEWS

    William Crighton (The Great Club)

Search

Twitter

Tweets by @smallestroom

Recent articles

  • A yarn with YIRRAMBOI Blak Critic Bryan Andy January 28, 2023
  • Dua Lipa – Qudos Bank Arena November 8, 2022
  • The Tasman, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Hobart September 6, 2022
  • Zen in the Arabian desert June 6, 2022
  • Floors of Heaven underwater concert (Woolloomooloo Bay) February 19, 2022
  • MUSIC
    • record reviews
    • LIVE REVIEWS
    • features
  • ARTS
  • About
  • Travel
  • Teach

My name is Kate Hennessy. I am a freelance arts and travel writer and music critic. I contribute to Guardian Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age, The Saturday Paper, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Wire (UK), NME and more.

Latest posts

  • A yarn with YIRRAMBOI Blak Critic Bryan Andy

    January 28, 2023
  • Dua Lipa – Qudos Bank Arena

    November 8, 2022
  • The Tasman, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Hobart

    September 6, 2022
  • Zen in the Arabian desert

    June 6, 2022
  • Floors of Heaven underwater concert (Woolloomooloo Bay)

    February 19, 2022

Twitter

Tweets by @smallestroom

Search