Music Review

Bait and Switch (1995)

Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
Reviewed by Ethan Smith | Jul 28, 1995
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments; Genre: Indie Rock

On their succinct (39 minutes) major label debut, the Columbus, Ohio, quartet Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments evokes the entire history of Midwestern garage music, from Detroit's proto-punk MC5 to Minneapolis' visionary postpunk Replacements. Sneering sarcasm is balanced by occasionally haunting guitar hooks over muscular bass riffs. Bait and Switch is short on polish, long on charm. B+

Originally posted Jul 28, 1995 Published in issue #285 Jul 28, 1995 Order article reprints

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