Albums
Crooked Fingers – Red Devil Dawn
The Background: I never found much of interest in the Archers of Loaf, the former band of Eric Bachmann, who is, basically, Crooked Fingers. And when the first CF album showed up at the old […]
Month: November 2003
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The Jayhawks – Rainy Day Music
An aptly titled record. Although it came out in the spring it has a decided autumnal spirit to it. The opening number, Stumbling Through The Dark, (co-written with Matthew Sweet, but without his inclusion, though […]
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The Blondes – Swedish Heat
There was a time when a band like the Blondes, being based out in L.A., would have been snatched up by some major label (this was in the days before that was synonymous with multinational) […]
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Miracle Mile – Alaska
Miracle Mile is basically the nom de plume of one Trevor Jones, an English singer-songwriter-guitar player whose vocalizing is somewhere between latter days Paul Weller, Rodney Frame and the gingerly aspect of Elvis Costello. (Aided […]
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Squires Of The Subterrain – Strawberries On Sunday
After last year’s teaming up for a set of unreleased, “too far out” Pete Miller ‘60s tunes, here’s another joint effort, made of Chris Earle’s brand new songs and overlooked by Big Boy Pete’s studio […]
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Damone – From The Attic
If you remember two issues ago I heralded Avril Lavinge’s Sk8ter Boi as something other than the usual mass-marketed dross. It’s since gone on to be a pretty substantial hit. Coincidentally, it seems, Arista’s sister […]
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The Knockout Pills – The Knockout Pills
For the last six months I’ve been making very slow progress on a feature on the Resonars/Matt Rendon for Off The Hip. During that time Matt has made passing remarks about recovering from his Vultures […]