Record Review: Jackie-O Motherfucker, Fig. 5 (2000)

“Analogue Skillet,” the first track, sounds like a recording of an electric toothbrush played over the dreary soundtrack to a no-budget Barbarella knockoff. The Portland drone duo offers forgettable collages drawing from sounds of wind chimes and rusty bedsprings. The closest they get to musicality is the endless repetition of a three-note loop (not a particularly interesting one at that) on one track, a sax rendition of “Amazing Grace” on another, and the atonal recitation of a faux Negro spiritual on “Go Down, Oh Hannah.” Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music was more unpleasant, but at least it was memorable. (1/5)