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Rob Dickinson @ World Cafe Live (Philadelphia, PA) - Wednesday, June 25, 2008
26 June 2008A ROB DICKINSON show wouldn’t be complete with at least a few dips into the Catherine Wheel catalog.
Swervedriver with Longwave and Terra Diablo - The Paradise (Boston, MA) - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
15 June 2008The Pixies may have written about a planet of sound, but Swervedriver lived there.
The Raveonettes - World Cafe Live (Philadelphia, PA) - Friday, March 28, 2008
29 March 2008I thought that this show was, in the words of MISSION OF BURMA, good not great.
Film School - Hideout (Beggars Banquet)
13 September 2007The sound is a bit heavier, rhythms a bit stronger. That added heaviness is balanced, however, by the addition of female vocals.
Viva Voce with Silversun Pickups - Johnny Brenda's (Philadelphia) - Friday, October 6, 2006
2 November 2006The performance was less about subtlety, layering and mood than about in-your-face rocking.
Asobi Seksu - Citrus (Friendly Fire)
10 June 2006The shoegaze revival continues with this Brooklyn band’s sophomore release. If I’d been told that Asobi Seksu translated as “we love instrumental codas,” I’d’ve believed it.
Film School with Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - Maxwell's (Hoboken, NJ) - Sunday, May 21, 2006
30 May 2006FILM SCHOOL let out blasts of noise that would’ve made their early ‘90s influences proud, thus further clearing out the unfortunately already small crowd.
Rob Dickinson with Doveman and Elizabeth Harper & The Matinee - Mercury Lounge (New York) - Wednesday, March 1, 2006
20 March 2006Rob still has an amazing voice and he wrote some of the best songs of the ‘90s!
Film School - Film School (Beggars Banquet)
6 February 2006This wonderfully textured music takes me back to the early 1990s, when bands such as SWERVEDRIVER, SLOWDIVE, and KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION erected brooding, monumental mid-tempo song-sculptures.
Serena Maneesh with Asobi Seksu - Mercury Lounge (New York) - Saturday, January 21, 2006
2 February 2006Is the leap in venue size from the 200-capacity Mercury Lounge to the 500-capacity Bowery Ballroom in just two months time a sign of their growing popularity or mere hype?
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of August 17
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Billy Bragg – Mr. Love & Justice (Anti)
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Bad Religion – New Maps of Hell (deluxe edition) (Epitaph)
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Ray Davies – Working Man’s Cafe (New West)
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Ron Sexsmith – Exit Strategy of the Soul (Yep Roc)
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Billie Holiday – Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs (Columbia/Legacy/SonyBMG)
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Everest – Ghost Notes (Vapor)
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Rob Dickinson – Fresh Wine for the Horses (double CD) (Fontana/UNI)
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Secret Shine – All of the Stars (Clairecords/Tonevendor)
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The Effigies – Reside (Criminal IQ)
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For Against – Shade Side, Sunny Side (Words on Music)