Gives It to Ya. Twice: One Sick Pup / From My Bedroom to Yours

With Gives It to Ya. Twice, N.Y.C. transplant and L.A. dweller Coyote Shivers unleashes a winning, overstuffed set that splits material into two discs by approach. The full-on rockers are subtitled One Sick Pup and it's a fitting title as Shivers comes off like a raw, cathartic, debased Johnny Thunders-like character. The man works his charms with augmentation from notables like Television's Billy Ficca, howling his way through electrified nuggets like "Lust Never Sleeps" and "Live to Regret It." The latter gets repeated on the acoustic disc, which Shivers dubs From My Bedroom to Yours. It's a soul-baring, intimate, and oftentimes more immediate forum for the guy's songs, be it the devotional "Sugar High," the melodic self-analysis of "I Dress in Black," or the total downer "I Hate Myself Tonite." Gives It to Ya. Twice is a 21-track onslaught sure to expand the cult of the Coyote. ~ John D. Luerssen, Rovi