At first blush the ideas behind the Easy All-Stars Dub Side of the Moon and Re-Covers sound like noble but bad ideas. A dub reggae treatment of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and hearing Tuvan throat singers sing Led Zeppelin and Joy Division songs both sound like products pushed in some horrible late night music infomercial, even though both provide tremendously satisfying listening experiences. Both of these groups defy conventional wisdom by delivering records that both give proper tribute to their originas while taking the music in completely unexpected and exciting directions.

Dub Side of the Moon makes perfect sense when you listen to it. After all, the original has accompanied bong hits since its release, so the transition from space rock into dub is fairly seamless. Recorded live at a theater in Falls Church, Virginia, the packed concert setting provides a special spark to the Easy All-Stars performance of Dark Side of the Moon from start to finish. The band is comprised of crack players, whose sense of dynamics and deep grooves works wonders with the original material. Hopefully somewhere, someone is setting up a Dub Side of the Moon laser light show at the local planetarium.