In Brief

* * Hoodoo Gurus, “Crank,” Zoo. Crank these Aussies do. Blistering guitars and adrenaline-infused vocals notwithstanding, the quartet still sounds too often like Midnight Oil Lite. “Judgement Day,” a nihilistic Bee Gees-meet-Crazy-Horse take, works well enough, as do some of the full-throttle thrashers. Ultimately, their trademark style-hopping leaves the feeling that there’s no there here.

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