Posts by David M. Snyder

The Explorers Club – Grand Hotel

By David M. Snyder • 04/17/2012

Pastiche: “A literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.” There’s no getting …

The Golden Bears – Write It Like You Find It

By David M. Snyder • 03/12/2012

Here is what I’ve learned: The Golden Bears are a duo, with a fair amount of help, out of Portland, Oregon: Julianna Bright (vocals …

Sleeping In The Aviary – You And Me, Ghost

By David M. Snyder • 02/13/2012

From Minneapolis via Madison, Wisconsin comes another band to disrupt my ignorance. This is their fourth album, not a stitch of the previous three …

The Wrong Words – The Wrong Words

By David M. Snyder • 02/07/2012

The Wrong Words – The Wrong Words [Trouble In Mind/2011]
As always I’m a bit out of the loop, though being 3000 miles away might …

The Ugly Beats – Motor!

By David M. Snyder • 02/04/2012

The Ugly Beats – Motor! [Get Hip/2010]
This Austin, Texas’ combo is back for a third go-round. They’ve gone whole hog this time with the …

The Story Of The Kinks

By David M. Snyder • 01/31/2012

Your Really Got Me: The Story of the Kinks [ABC/Voiceprint]
Unfortunately this is another poorly cobbled together package. Contrary to the PR blurb …

Bobby Emmett – Learning Love

By David M. Snyder • 01/30/2012

Bobby Emmett – Learning Love [D.I.Y/2010]
Bobby Emmett spent a few years in the earlier part of this decade playing his Hammond organ, and for …

The Sights – Most Of What Follows Is True

By David M. Snyder • 01/24/2012

The Sights – Most Of What Follows Is True [Alive/2010]
It’s been five years – that’s over a generation in rock and roll years — …

Gavin Guss – Mercury Mine

By David M. Snyder • 01/20/2012

Gavin Guss – Mercury Mine [Obsolete Media/2010]
It’s been a baker’s dozen of years since Tube Top’s one and only album, Three Minute Hercules, came …

I Need That Record!

By David M. Snyder • 01/18/2012

I Need That Record! [MVDvisual]
Subtitled “The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store” the filmmaker, Brendan Toller, imagines he’s telling …