Pearl Jam Dark Matter Review: Seattle giants' twelfth album hits like a triple espresso

Pearl Jam Dark Matter ★★★★ REPUBLIC First Iggy Pop, Ozzy Osbourne and The Rolling Stones: now Pearl Jam are the latest rock institution to plug into erstwhile Justin Bieber producer Andrew Watt, a younger dude adept at refurbishing old school for the earbud generation. That Dark Matter succeeds so well is due to the band focusing their creative energy, just as Watt’s sonic Nutribullet technique condenses PJ’s core rumble into punchy blasts. “We used to dance, we had our own …