http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/sharpdarts/080911/

RABID RABBIT
C Section
(self-released)

In certain corners of the metal world, slow drone and minimalism are as popular as they've ever been outside of contemporary classical music, and local four-piece Rabid Rabbit is pushing that aesthetic as far as anyone in town. The band's new "single," C Section—so named because the guitar and both basses are tuned down to C—is a 16-minute instrumental track cut into one side of a vinyl 12-inch. It takes about a minute to fade in after you drop the needle on its outer edge, and for its entire length it sticks to a droning riff that alternates between just two notes—the drums don't even kick in till halfway through. But the band manages to inject this drawn-out sludgefest with some ferocious groove, and the wild-man sax solo from Yakuza front man Bruce Lamont sets it on fire. The band's only pressing 250 copies, so it's a good idea to pick one up now—otherwise you might have to wait till Halloween, when a self-titled Rabid Rabbit full-length comes out.

Miles Raymer