Articles by David M. Snyder

This is Sean Dickson’s post-Soup Dragons outfit. They’ve been at it for a while now, but I think this is their first US release. Their vernacular is an extension of the Post-Modern, dance floor direction […]

This is a truly succulent platter. On display here is Cary’s handsome, full-bodied, soprano voice, along with her developing skill with the pen. And, of course, a bit of her fiddle. Chris Stamey returns (as […]

I listen to this record and I feel like I should be wearing “black tie” and sitting in some opulent place like the Rainbow Room. There’s a formality and sumptuousness (except for the cover of […]

Let me just get this out of the way first: not chronologically organized. Each discs has its theme: #1, the Ballroom; #2, odds and end predating the Ballroom up through to a Sagittarius number; and […]

During the mid-to-late ‘80s there was an enticing Pop-Rock band under every palm tree in Perth, or at least it seemed that way from 11,000 plus miles away. The Marigolds put out a couple of […]

The history of Rock and Roll is replete with the blasting back and forth of musical sounds and forms between the USA and Britain, down to the infamous mid-Atlantic accent of various Limeys and various […]

This record is a quasi self-released (as part of some wacky deal with garageband.com) seven-song mini-album. YH is your basic Pop-Rock four-piece — guitars, melodies and harmonies, just the way we like ’em – hailing […]

This is a collection of the detritus of the Mark II edition (three-piece version) of MTX. (See the CD of Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood for the Mark I edition.) Besides the EP from […]