Hot Summer Nights: Eagle Claw, Mandate, Fanclub

Instrumental doom thrashers Eagle Claw are like sharks: they don’t have to evolve because they’re already the top of the food chain. They’re joined outside by downbeat popsters Mandate, formed by members of Ballerino and A.M. Feelgood, electrofuzz outfit Fanclub, derived from the Dizzease and Letting Up Despite Great Faults, and blues-punk royal couple the Ghost Wolves. – Michael Toland