Howlin'

Personnel: Holiday Sidewinder (vocals); Ewan Pearson (synthesizer); Mark Ralph, Stella Mozgawa, Chris Colonna (drums).Audio Mixer: Ewan Pearson.Recording information: Club Ralph, London, UK; La Briche Studios, France; Sonar Studios, Sydney, Australia.Photographers: Dave Ma; Patrick Santamaria; Maclay Heriot; Jagwar Ma; Cara Stricker.Jagwar Ma's debut album, Howlin, takes the listener on a trip back through the alternative rock of the '90s, making stops along the way to delve into shoegaze, baggy dance jams, spaced-out psychedelic dream pop, bedroom electronic, and even the much maligned big beat sound. The genius move the duo makes is that when they come back from their trip they only brought back the good parts and none of the elements like "Funky Drummer" breakbeats or grunge guitars that would have dated the project. Instead, Howlin sounds both like a really, really good modern pop album and a brilliant update of the '90s which, had it been released in 1992, would have knocked some