Cosmetics

In rock journalism, the term supergroup is often doled out a little too easy. But Diamond Rugs fit the bill in most valiant ways - Deer Tick's John McCauley & Robbie Crowell, former Black Lips guitarist Ian St. Pe, Dead Confederate's T. Hardy Morris, Los Lobos' Steve Berlin and Six Finger Satellite's Bryan Dufresne. On the band's new sophomore LP, Cosmetics, each musician maintains the distinct personality you loved about 'em in the first place, while at the same time locking in like puzzle pieces, feeding off each other rin a way that'd make most full-time bands jealous as hell, and leaving in their wake a breezy, wide-open, unpretentious set of rock & roll songs that beg you to dance your ass off.