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The Lucy Show – …undone (Words On Music)
19 December 2009This is the kind of music 80s college radio used to gobble up with a spoon, and well they should have.
Tin Huey – Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes (Smog Veil)
11 December 2009TIN HUEY is the redheaded stepchild of Akron’s underground rock scene in the 70s.
Blackfield – NYC (K Scope)
3 December 2009Fielding a set of tunes from the band’s studio albums, Wilson and Geffen test their chemistry on stage in front of an adoring audience.
The Pineapple Thief – 3000 Days (K Scope)
23 November 2009The Thief skillfully balances widescreen progressive rock structures with Bruce Soord’s heart-on-sleeve yearning.
Sound of the Blue Heart – Wind of Change (Hollows Hill Sound Recordings)
26 October 2009The band’s dramatic, melodic pop/rock – like anthems scaled down for coffeehouse listening – shines with intelligence, compassion, poetic weight and heart.
Grant Hart – Hot Wax (Con D'or/MVDaudio)
18 October 2009GRANT HART has scattered gems across an intermittent solo career, of which Hot Wax is the latest.
Hugh Cornwell – Highline Ballroom (New York, NY) – Saturday, September 12, 2009
22 September 2009Ex-Stranglers lead singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell put on one of the most spirited performances I’ve ever seen by him.
Hugh Cornwell – Hooverdam (Invisible Hands)
14 September 2009The singer/guitarist’s latest solo record is a straightforward melodic rock & roll affair – nothing trendy or modern about it, thank goodness.
Brendan Benson - Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY) - Monday, August 17, 2009
18 August 2009It was my first time seeing Brendan Benson solo in four years, and he didn’t disappoint.
Emitt Rhodes – The Emitt Rhodes Recordings (1969-1973) (Hip-O Select/A&M/Geffen)
8 June 2009It’s easy to be skeptical about the quality of an artist whose advocates tend to run toward the breathless. But Rhodes lives up to the hype.
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of February 7
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The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning (Pure Groove U.K.)
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The Joy Formidable – First You Have to Get Mad limited edition live LP (Pure Groove U.K.)
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Rogue Wave – Permalight (Brushfire)
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Sloan – Hit & Run digital EP (Murder)
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Catherine Wheel – Ferment (Cherry Red U.K.)
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Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown (Merge)
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Mission of Burma – The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador)
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Visqueen – Message to Garcia (Local 638)
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For Against – Never Been (Words on Music)
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The Dimes – The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry (Pet Marmoset)