Something magical happened when the San Francisco blues-glam, garage-punk outfit The Audience changed its name to Vue. The critics who'd panned The Audience for posturing now hailed Vue as the next big thing. Vue's eponymous 2000 debut album was tracked on two-inch analog tape by Bay Area hair-metal veteran Davy Vain. It opens with the ferociously sexy “White Traffic,” as frontman Rex Shelverton (now the guitarist and songwriter for Tamaryn) comes snarling out the speakers over gritty riffs and raw-powered licks that sound channeled straight from early-'70s Stooges records. Jessica Graves’ Vox organ, heard in the libidinous “Girl,” gives the tune an airy, spooky '60s vibe reminiscent of the raunchy 45s featured on Pebbles and Back from the Grave compilations. Although the vintage guitar distortion and analog hiss of “Angel’s Alright” sound golden next to Shelverton’s saturated vocal reverb, the snappy melody is what's most grappling here.