Wolfmother Album: “Wolfmother [EP]”

These guys are unbelievable. I was exposed to them from "Taj Burrow's Fair Bits" about 3 months ago and I have not stopped listening to them since. Epic. If The White Stripes and Black Sabbath locked themselves in the studio and made an album, it would sound similar to Wolfmother but wouldn't be as good. Mindboggling. White Unicorn is by far my favorite rock song of all time, and it only took me about two listens before I decided it was markedly better than stairway to heaven. No band rocks freer than Wolfmother.

WolfMother boasts an intelligent, sincere front-man with good scripting and lyrics skills, and a good stage act; an excellent rhythm section bearing hallmarks of an emerging inner-Sydney roots music sound; and the passion and reach that made music of the 70s truly interesting. But to suggest that these young lads show the technical brilliance of that incredible proliferation of rock gods in the 70s is just ridiculous. The voice ain't quite there and neither're the lead guitar skills.

What I'd like to see is inner-Sydney band Freeway's lead vocalist/pickman Jan Rynsaardt teamed up with Wolfmother's rhythm section - young Jan's got a voice to die for - something to rival Greg Allman - & just blows away the discerning power guitar fans - something to rival Duane Allman.

Maybe Wolfmother's management should steal Free-way. Sure, Free-way's more angled to the purist blues than poppier Wolfmother with its leanings to 70s "hard rock" as we called it in the 70s. But Free-way's still better than Wolfmother - Kate the Squeakle

Stumbled onto these guys live at Spaceland in LA and they are f{(<|#g awesome!!!! One of the best live shows I've ever seen. Unabashed rocking until your socks are removed. Buy this album. They rock and hopefully we will hear more from them soon.

It's like Blue Cheer just hung with Bear and not the OE800. And practiced, wrote, and generally gave a damn about the audience. Ya got 5 songs here, one shameless "Purple haze is in..." lyric. Do this one up. Good trip.