Music Review

Starters Alternators (1998)

EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Oct 20, 1998; Lead Performance: The Ex; Genre: Rock

An ultralefty collective that's been around almost as long as Trotsky (okay, since '79), the avant-punk quintet, The Ex, is Holland's answer to Chumbawamba. But don't look for them on pop radio: Though their latest, Starters Alternators. is full of jagged guitars and impassioned vocals, it's as creatively abrasive as ever (but not as sophisticated as their work with the late cellist Tom Cora). B+

Originally posted Dec 18, 1998 Published in issue #463 Dec 18, 1998 Order article reprints

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