The Turbo A.C.'s

Avenue X

[4/5] A decade into their career, the Turbo A.C.’s have been called lots of things by incorporating Bay Area stylings into NYC punk rock. Avenue X is by far their best recording to date, smacking the listener around in the well-worn dark alleys still crusty with the puke and blood of street punk’s heroes and villains. Shades of Dead Kennedys’ tremolo shiver throughout, while a song like “C-Ya” burns fast down a road cleared by the Rolling Stones when they still mattered. “Fistful Of Fury” is an instant-classic anthem with longing lyrics sung in four different languages over rickety drums. Extra props go for the cover of Suicidal Tendencies’ “I Want More.” (GEARHEAD) Michael Coyle