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LED BY a woman in a bikini top who's clearly had experience dancing in her underwear in public, Seattle's Snake River Conspiracy are the latest sensations in the burgeoning rawk! field. But, raves in the metal press notwithstanding, they just aren't the all-out experience you might expect.
There's a whiff of contrivance even, as their attempts at rocking out seem half-hearted. The more expansive arrangements on their Sonic Jihad album are never approached live, while their singer, Tobey Torres, doesn't know whether to cheerlead or goad the crowd, especially during a pointless if affectionate trashing of The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now". The mechanical riffing of...