The Lowbots – The Lowbots (2010)
Musical fashions and fads may come and go, but in the end a band will always be judged solely by their songs.
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Musical fashions and fads may come and go, but in the end a band will always be judged solely by their songs.
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Travis Bretzer is a superb addition to the recent jangle-pop revival, which consists of artists like Mac DeMarco recalling the nonchalant melodic hooks and jangly guitars of Felt, Orange Juice, and The Smithereens.
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…I have been writing for Ripple for about a month and a half and I have to tell you that the best part of being a part of this family is the ridiculous amount of incredible music I'm exposed to.
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The sound system forever went silent Monday night at a famed Greenwich Village club that had provided a stage to struggling artists and superstar musicians over a storied [45] years.
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In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
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It got us to thinking about the radio stations we've loved and lost — because as much as most of us tend to subsist on a self-administered musical diet these days, we grew up on the dial, and we miss the good old days when the voice coming out of the speaker during between-song breaks was one you could trust.
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The return of Gainesville, FL's Hot Water Music with Exister after a six-year-hiatus presents an interesting perspective on the "reunion of beloved band" algebra.
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Say Anything " was not particularly successful on its release.
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A lifelong resident of Queens, where he was born in 1950, Alan Betrock was a music critic, magazine publisher, author and record producer.
Read MoreWith the recording of the Beach Boys' third album Surfer Girl , in the summer of 1963, bandleader and principle songwriter Brian Wilson took over as the band's producer, a role formerly held by Capitol Records in-house producer Nic Venet.
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Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
Read MoreThe Tangier provided an odd, but ultimately satisfying venue to watch the Smithereens play their first Cleveland area gig in quite a while.
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Steve Earle could perhaps be America's most honest songwriter.
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Dan Israel loves the music of the 60's and 70's but he makes music more akin to the mid-western rock circa 1986.
Read MoreI thought I'd bang out a couple of pieces that have been floating around in my Google Docs account in various forms of incompletion and combine them into one post instead of just deleting them.
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With recognizable hits like 'Blood and Roses,' 'A Girl Like You,' and 'Too Much Passion,' the Smithereens are one of those bands whose records blasted from college dorms during the '80s.
Read MoreSo where does that leave the rest of us who are interested in just having a new way to interact with people that happens to bring with it the possibility of a few perks?
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