Forget everything you’ve read about the Grifters, as most of it is the inaccurate and lazy comparative nonsense that can help or hurt a great band’s legacy. Sure, there are elements of fellow travelers, but no one of the era pulled off highly original re-appropriations of not-uncommon influences (Mission Of Burma, Pussy Galore, Sonic Youth, … Continue reading Essential New Music: Grifters’ “One Sock Missing” And “Crappin’ You Negative”