Album Reviews

The Great Rocksteady Swindle
The Slackers – The Great Rocksteady Swindle
6.5
 on
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 00:00
submitted by
Laura

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Members may have come and gone, but once you pop in the new Slackers album you’ll be once again in for a bunch of laidback tunes that mix up ska, reggae, rocksteady and soul. There may be an instrumental here (“Ain’t No Sunshine”) or an uptempo song there (“The Same Everyday”), laidback and mellow will always be the words you’re looking for. Because that’s what Vic Ruggiero and his guys do best.

The songs kinda breeze by on “The Great Rocksteady Swindle” but that’s just how it is. Even after all these years, The Slackers are still doing what they do best and there’s a lot to be said for it.

Tom Dumarey
Tom Dumarey

Lacking the talent to actually play in a band, Tom decided he would write about bands instead. Turns out his writing skills are mediocre at best as well.