Paul Weller – Illumination
After having thrown his name around enough already I guess it’s time for the man himself. The US package of Weller’s latest solo album comes with three tunes added (after a blank interval of 32 […]
After having thrown his name around enough already I guess it’s time for the man himself. The US package of Weller’s latest solo album comes with three tunes added (after a blank interval of 32 […]
These guys play near the realm where Peabody frolics. This record dates from 2000 — as usual, we come to things late here in the hinterlands of Philadelphia — and features two Boss Martians: singer, […]
For this second album head Girl Amy Sudru recruited a totally new rhythm section, and my guess is it has already shifted again. But, while the sound has tightened up a bit, their same dichotomy […]
It’s been over five years since the last Model Rockets album, and I can’t say it’s been worth the wait — that’s five fucking years they nor us will ever get back. Which is not […]
A few might remember back in issue 1 I talked about the best unknown band I had seen on my little jaunt to Australia. And that the EP I had picked up was a little […]
These guys are getting some of that global attention with this their sophomore release: saw a big rack full of copies in the original Virgin Megastore in London, and a tour here in March with […]
A sharp shot of rambunctious Rock and Roll. Instrumentally it harkens back to Tied To The Tracks period Soul Asylum, though riding the swells of more prominent melodies and what seems like a fair amount […]
I don’t know if it’s because they’ve been playing fairly decent mid-size venues (less than hockey arenas, bigger than clubs) up North for a few years now, or what, but a superficiality has overtaken Sloan’s […]
Irony lives in the “great white north” — Mountain they’re not. But a damn fine Pop-Rock combo they are. In real life I’d expect there’d be a fourth on stage since Kleiner’s piano/keyboards have almost […]
During the ten years or so that I was the editor of THE BOB I’d get semi-regular phone calls from various publicity people asking if we were going to do something on some new House […]
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