Death is Not a Joyride

Bonus Tracks

Reviewed by Austin Powell, Fri., May 16, 2008

Death is Not a Joyride

The Human Zoo

Proceed with caution when encountering this menagerie. Helmed by the Paper Chase's John Congleton, Death Is Not a Joyride's debut magnifies the Dresden Dolls' various anachronisms, violently jolting from burlesque pop to more classically minded compositions, while the three-part "Willie the Gorilla" sequences from eerie trip-hop to chamber post-rock before melting into industrial girth. Don't pet the animals.

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Girlie Action

Beautiful World

Leatherbag

Love & Harm

Brent Adair

Ostrich

Old 97's

Blame It on Gravity

On the DL

The Imaginary Band, Regretfully Declines

Country Mile

Big Bend

Bob Schneider

When the Sun Breaks Down on the Moon

Nelo

Nelo
Kissinger

Underwater

Ghost of the Russian Empire

The Mammoth

Lucid Dementia

Trickery

Tungsten Coil

Alpha Omega

deEP end

Noise Revival Orchestra Experience

Jesse Sublett

Murder Ballads & Noir Capers, Part 1

ATX Underground

ATX Underground, Volume One

Driver F

Chase the White Whale

The Wailing Walls

Long Live the Infidel

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