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Nasty International
[Touch and Go]
Rating: 9.8

Look, I don't care how many times this band says, "We're just playing music here," and "It's so degrading to have our band repeatedly described as 'sexy' by the press," because that's all Nasty International is, baby -- down to the grunts and groans of Girls Against Boys' frontman Scott McCloud and bassman Johnny Temple. This is the jazz side project of McCloud and Temple, joined by a chorus of rainy day saxaphones and smoky bar piano.

-Holly Day

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8.0-8.4: Very good
7.5-7.9: Above average; enjoyable
7.0-7.4: Not brilliant, but nice enough
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