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TO THE WILD WEST     From the ashes of Kansas City' Molly McGuire (plus the drummer from Season to Risk) comes Gunfighter, who has recently relocated to San Diego. Actually that's not quite true; Gunfighter started as a side project for the Molly boys, but the band eventually decided to carry on full-time under the new name. They're got a new album, High Noon, due out this month on Idol Records, and their debut full-length, Pro-Electric, was originally slated to appear on Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard's Loosegroove imprint before the label folded; it was eventually released on High Noon Records. Echoes of midwestern (hard) rock mingle with a Dischord Records vibe and a pinch of Nirvana's soft/hard dynamics. Bandleader Jason Blackmore's voice skips from a Cobain growl to Shudder to Think-style falsetto quicker than you can blink an eye, and the arrangements are both complex and catchy. I'd venture to say that fans of the brainy hard stuff a la Queens of the Stone Age and The Deftones will find much to applaud here.

Tucson Weekly