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With Out of Your Mind, Dub Narcotic Sound System join the pantheon of Beck, Money Mark, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion as loopy experimenters in rock, rhythm, and soul. The album, their second full-length outing, has a funky carnival midway of sounds ranging from the lo-fi organ wailings of "Basemess" to the busted-flat-in-Chicago blues of "Papa's Got a Brand New Burnbag." Riff-heavy hits like "Teenage Time Bomb" and "Shock Mount" are dance-floor pleasers, but the LP also has quiet moments, like the moody jazz of "Dub Narcotic's Delight." Dub Narcotic Sound System leader Calvin Johnson takes a radical departure from his groundbreaking indie band Beat Happening to become this generation's James Brown, an idiosyncratic cheerleader for getting loose and going wicked-bad. --Lois Maffeo