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At Ease With Your Haste (What?)

Local punks with far too many capitalization demands (we don’t negotiate with terrorists) make the stand off worth it on a five-tune 10-inch from Dallas imprint What? Its crisp, Bubble Studio riff emphasis (lead-off “Hartsfield-Jackson”) and fattened swath of late-1980s Red River (“San Jose, 1972”) also barfs up a mess of happiness on Thunderbird wine pledge “The Teeners” and B-side Jesus Lizard lumber “Butcher’s Block.” Buckle up.

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This article appears in February 27 • 2009.

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San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.