These guys, five of ’em, from Sacramento (regardless of the English accents) have the rough-hewn edges and melody sense of the Television Personalities and Swell Maps with a thick veneer of Bolanesque Glam (that bit […]
Just as the album title suggests, this is a minor chord heaven, delivered by the master of the genre himself, Mr. Jens Lindberg. The thing is, that the band now sounds twice better than before, […]
Coincidentally, like Sloan, the Waxwings start off the first number, of this their sophomore release, with a clanging noise (in this case a heavily distorted guitar chord). And while not to the level above, there […]
Last issue I put my 2¢ in on the Great Rock Revival. Well it continues, though as a commercial mother lode my guess is it’s almost played out. Which is a shame for this subset, […]
Some days I think Perth is an adjective — or is that a verb — not just a city. Other days I wonder what is in the water out on that edge of the Indian […]
There are enough reasons for me to love this band even without actually putting the record on. Besides the adorably un-original name, reminding me of one of my all-time favourite bands (Scotland’s No.1 band) along […]
You might remember Marc as the main man of the Irish band the Hormones (not one-time THE BOB writer Tim Stegall’s bunch). They put out an album, Where Old Ghosts Meet, back in 1998. He […]
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 […]
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