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Article: CD REVIEW: The Hives' 'Tyrannosaurus Hives' a disappointing follow-up
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- July 30, 2004
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Kathryn Fiegen
University Wire
07-30-2004
(Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- If the Hives and the Strokes were thrown back in time to the 1960s and the space race, the Hives would still be on the ground while the Strokes were floating their monkey around in a spaceship. The Hives' latest album "Tyrannosaurus Hives" seems like a step backwards for the Swedish rockers, with less solid tracks than their second full-length album of 2000, "Veni, Vidi, Vicious."
Not to say that "Tyrannosaurus Hives" isn't in typical Hives fashion --- there is plenty of energy-driven guitar work and screeching from Howlin' Pelle Almqvist. But even after many listens, the tracks seem to run together and get ...