D. Rider (MYSPACE), the latest project from former U.S. Maple “low guitarist” Todd Rittman, cornet/keyboard player Andrea Fraught, and saxophonist Noah Tabakin, create songs characterized by consistent, heavy, plodding fuzz bass and large noise doses, all germinating from improvisation using a rudimentary drum kit of crash cymbal, hi-hat, kick, and snare. There is a fascination with our sick world, which, while portraying it as horrid and bordering on obsession, actually becomes infectious — infectious because you feel a little tense and queasy after repeated listens.

[David Nadelle, Tiny Mix Tapes]