Jacuzzi Boys, Glazin’
I can’t deny it, no matter how hard the cold, dark parts of my soul want me to: with Glazin’, Jacuzzi Boys have thrown together one of the flat-out cheerful-est things I’ve heard in recent years, and yeah, it’s fun…
Hunx and His Punx, Too Young To Be in Love
It’s funny what a little gender-flipping can do. I remember being bowled over when I first listened to Damone’s classic debut From the Attic, and then hitting the floor a second time when I learned that the songs were originally written by the band’s guitarist…
Golden Triangle, Double Jointer
Golden Triangle borrows its sound from the White Stripes, crossed with a bit of that wall-of-sound feel of Sonic Youth. On Double Jointer, their debut, the band thrashes along at garage-punk tempos, but the vocals are woozy-sounding, sort of like Janet Bean if she’d been drinking…
Le Loup, Family
I had heard of Le Loup before listening to Family; I’d heard the name being thrown around a lot, but I had never actually sat down and listened to the band, so I had no idea what to expect…
Black Clouds Breaking: The Dutchess & the Duke Try To Hang Onto Hope
fter hearing She’s the Dutchess, He’s the Duke, last year’s debut album by Seattle-dwellers Jesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison, aka The Dutchess & the Duke, I’ll admit I was a bit worried. Not for me, no, but for singer, songwriter, and guitarist Lortz…
Written on December 12, 2009 | Posted in Features,Interviews
The Moondoggies, Don’t Be A Stranger
On Don’t Be A Stranger, Seattle band The Moondoggies aim squarely at what The Byrds tried to do way, way back in the day — grafting a psychedelic haziness onto subtle, rootsty folk/country. They take things a step or three further, though, by injecting a heavy dose of gospel-revival sound…
Written on April 18, 2009 | Posted in Reviews
Pretty & Nice, Get Young
Here we go again. White boy falsetto vocals? Good! Extra dirty guitar riffs? Great! Drums played by a monkey on speed? Awesome! Add that together, and you have a 30-minute, 10-track, lo-fi dance-pop album that aims to please. Boston clearly loves their hometown heroes…
Written on March 4, 2009 | Posted in Reviews
The Dutchess & the Duke, She’s the Dutchess, He’s the Duke
Damn, this album makes me want to hit the secondhand record store & dig out some Animals, Rolling Stones, and Byrds albums. And no, I don’t mean that as a slam, some way to say that Seattle duo The Dutchess & the Duke…
Written on August 20, 2008 | Posted in Reviews
Le Loup, The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly
DC-based band Le Loup includes eight musicians, (or, “a collective of talented young artists and entrepreneurs,” according to their Website) who have collaborated to create The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly…
Written on February 1, 2008 | Posted in Reviews
