The Explorers Club – Grand Hotel
By • 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 …
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The Golden Bears – Write It Like You Find It
By • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 …
Bobby Emmett – Learning Love
By • 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 • 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 • 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 …
Surfin’ Lungs – Full Petal Jacket
By • 01/16/2012
Surfin’ Lungs – Full Petal Jacket [Wild Punk/2010]
(Disclosure) The Surfin’ Lungs and me go back some 25 years. In all that time their focus …
Outrageous Cherry – Seemingly Solid Reality
By • 01/15/2012
Outrageous Cherry – Seemingly Solid Reality [Alive/2010]
It’s been a good 15 years since Outrageous Cherry and I first crossed paths. There has not …
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What If? Buddy Holly not taken that one last ride…
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The Explorers Club – Grand Hotel
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A Joey Ramone Remembrance
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The Beatles – A Fab Forty
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The Golden Bears – Write It Like You Find It
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