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Thursday, August 30, 2012
11 Helpful North Coast Nuggets & After Party Roundup
LIONIZE Announce Tour With Streelight Manifesto & Clutch
Washington, DC quartet LIONIZE are pleased to announce that they will be spending this fall on tour with Streetlight Manifesto, as well as playing select dates with Maryland rockers CLUTCH. The first leg of the tour kicks off October 16th in Toronto and runs through October 28th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Following those dates LIONIZE will join up with CLUTCH for a string of shows kicking off Halloween night in Flint, MI and wrapping up on November 4th in Detroit, MI. After a short break the band will return to the road with Streetlight Manifesto on November 13th in Portland, OR through December 7th in Sacramento, CA. A complete list of dates can be found below.
Guitarist/Vocalist Nate Bergman commented on the band's upcoming tour dates with Streetlight Manifesto and CLUTCH:
"We are looking forward to going out and providing support on such diverse bills. It's refreshing for us to be able to bring in our fans and expose our sound to new fans via a ska/punk tour and a tour with CLUTCH, who is absolutely one of the finest rock bands on the planet. We will be road-testing new material and will finally get back to cities long overdue for a LIONIZE set."
For a band with so little pretense, sometimes it can be easy to forget just how much LIONIZE accomplished since their inception in 2004. From being the first band to play both Bonnaroo and the Vans Warped Tour in the same year to their five full-length albums to virtually non-stop touring year after year, the groove-heavy rock group has dared to do more than most bands could ever hope to accomplish.
On the release of their most recent album, Superczar and the Vulture, produced by the famed J. Robbins and their first on Pentimento Music Company, the band showcases their live sound in a way that they have never done before, allowing the listener an unprecedented look at the experience of hearing the songs played live in front of them.
With their heavy touring continuing throughout the foreseeable future, one can be assured that LIONIZE's incomparable sound will only continue to grow stronger with each show and audiences will persist in being impressed by a band which, as one critic said, makes even the most notable musicians "shake their heads and wish they'd thought of that."
Headline Shows:
Open Road Music & Arts Festival:
9/8: Worcester, MA @ Institute Park
Homegrown Festival:
9/21: Jamestown, NY @ The Crown Theater
With Echo Movement:
10/12: Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony
With Streetlight Manifesto:
10/16: Toronto, ON @ The Sound Academy
10/17: Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
10/18: Northampton, MA @ Pear Street - Upstairs
10/19: Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues
10/20: Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
10/21: Norfolk, VA @ Norva Theater
10/23: Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
10/24: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
10/26: Orlando, FL @ The Plaza 'Live' Theater
10/28: Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
With CLUTCH:
10/31: Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
11/1: Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop (Sold Out - Rescheduled from 5/13)
11/2: Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
11/3: Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall (Sold Out - Rescheduled from 5/12)
11/4: Detroit, MI @ St Andrews Hall
With Streetlight Manifesto:
11/13: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
11/14: Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theater
11/16: Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
11/17: Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
11/19: Minneapolis, MN @ Mill City Nights
11/20: Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
11/21: Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargo's
11/23: Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
11/24: Boston, MA @ Royale
11/25: New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
11/29: San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
12/1: Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
12/2: Santa Ana, CA @ Yost Theater
12/4: San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
12/5: Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theater
12/6: San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
12/7: Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
For More Info Visit:
http://www.lionizemusic.com
http://www.facebook.com/lionizemusic
http://www.twitter.com/lionizemusic
CLOUDSCAPE Debut New Video on Nightmare Records YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRn9E3SRWcY&feature=youtu.be
Sweden's CLOUDSCAPE are debuting their new video for the track "Your Desire". The song is taken from the bands upcoming album New Era due to be released September 11th via Nightmare Records. The video was filmed and produced by Rainer Holmgren. Check it out.
New Era to be Released September 11th via Nightmare Records
The digital single "Share Your Energy" is available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby.
New Era is available for pre-order on AMAZON and the Nightmare Records Website.
CLOUDSCAPE is a melodic power metal band with progressive touches from southern Sweden. CLOUDSCAPE's compositional ambitions have always bridged progressive metal and straightforward melodic rock/metal, creating music accessible to a wider audience by virtue of its intense melody, but with enough complexity to satiate the ears of casual and serious music enthusiasts.
Since 2004 CLOUDSCAPE has called the prestigious Roastinghouse Studios in Malmö, Sweden their home for all of their albums to date. CLOUDSCAPE continue to progress with each record, breaking new boundaries in their style and continue to mature in their writing and composition New Era, the band's fourth album is without a doubt the band's crowning accomplishment to date. The record was produced and mixed by Micko Twedberg. Twedberg was assisted on the mixing by Anders "Theo" Theander. The mastering was also handled by Theander.
CLOUDSCAPE Discography:
Cloudscape (2005)
Crimson Skies (2006)
Global Drama (2008)
New Era (2012)
For More Info Please Visit:
http://www.cloudscape.se/
http://www.facebook.com/cloudscapesweden
http://www.nightmarerecords.com
Sweden's CLOUDSCAPE are debuting their new video for the track "Your Desire". The song is taken from the bands upcoming album New Era due to be released September 11th via Nightmare Records. The video was filmed and produced by Rainer Holmgren. Check it out.
New Era to be Released September 11th via Nightmare Records
The digital single "Share Your Energy" is available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby.
New Era is available for pre-order on AMAZON and the Nightmare Records Website.
CLOUDSCAPE is a melodic power metal band with progressive touches from southern Sweden. CLOUDSCAPE's compositional ambitions have always bridged progressive metal and straightforward melodic rock/metal, creating music accessible to a wider audience by virtue of its intense melody, but with enough complexity to satiate the ears of casual and serious music enthusiasts.
Since 2004 CLOUDSCAPE has called the prestigious Roastinghouse Studios in Malmö, Sweden their home for all of their albums to date. CLOUDSCAPE continue to progress with each record, breaking new boundaries in their style and continue to mature in their writing and composition New Era, the band's fourth album is without a doubt the band's crowning accomplishment to date. The record was produced and mixed by Micko Twedberg. Twedberg was assisted on the mixing by Anders "Theo" Theander. The mastering was also handled by Theander.
CLOUDSCAPE Discography:
Cloudscape (2005)
Crimson Skies (2006)
Global Drama (2008)
New Era (2012)
For More Info Please Visit:
http://www.cloudscape.se/
http://www.facebook.com/cloudscapesweden
http://www.nightmarerecords.com
LIPSTIXX 'N' BULLETZ Bang Your Head Streaming In Full on SleazeRoxx.com
LIPSTIXX 'N' BULLETZ Bang Your Head Streaming In Full on SleazeRoxx.com
Deluxe Reissue Available Now From End of the Light Records
LIPSTIXX 'N' BULLETZ is a hard rock and sleaze rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The quartet formed in 2004 and plays an energetic, yet unbelievably catchy style of glam metal.
Bang Your Head is their debut album which reminds listeners of the best moments from bands like L.A. Guns, Pretty Boy Floyd, Faster Pussycat, Motley Crue and Tigertailz, to name a few.
In conjunction with the album's release, SleazeRoxx.com is hosting a stream of Bang Your Head. Check out the album in full, then be sure to order the reissue in a deluxe digipak edition from End of the Light Records HERE.
Bang Your Head Tracklisting:
1. Bang Your Head
2. Rock Me
3. Lipstixx 'N' Bulletz
4. Do Or Die
5. Scream It Hard
6. My Heart Belongs To You
7. Wild At Heart
8. You Poison Me
9. Be Mine Tonight
10. Love in a Needle
Lineup:
Andy Lipstixx - Vocals/Guitar
Jaime Teaze - Bass
Mickey Sweet - Drums
Rikki Bullet - Guitar
For More Info Visit:
http://endofthelight.com/
http://www.facebook.com/EndoftheLight
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
KILL DEVIL HILL Appearing on Sirius XM's Liquid Metal Today & At Double Door 9/13 #metal
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North Coast Music Fest & Summer Camp Music Fest--Bookend The Summer
It's strangely fitting that we always kick off the big, summer music fest season with Summer Camp Music Festival and end with North Coast Music Fest, now in it's 3rd year. Many of the same bands are playing both, including:
Umphrey's McGhee
Pretty Lights
Van Ghost
EOTO
Midnight Conspiracy
Mathian
IndigoSun (all SCamp2012)
Girl Talk (SCamp2011)
Can you spot more?
NORTH COAST 2012 COMPLETE LINE UP:
- Yelawolf Modestep Felix da Housecat Mord Fustang Future Rock Midnight Conspiracy Beats Antique YACHT Dan Deacon Gramatik Rebirth Brass Band BoomBox
- Digital Tape Machine Maya Jane Coles King Khan & the Shrines Thundercat Papadosio NiT GriT Savoy Two Fresh Minnesota
- Van Ghost Com Truise People Under the Stairs Zion I Mr. MFN eXquire Zebo Auto Body Thibault Wyllys & the New York Hustler Ensemble AbdeCaf Family Groove Company Team Bayside High Strange Arrangement Stratus LoBounce Gentlemen Hall NORdjs Paul Universe Mario Florek Kid Color DJ SOLO ProbCause Orville Kline BUHAY Mathien Jamie Lono Arts of Life Band IndigoSun Second City Citizens Vapor Eyes Ignorant Noise
- Alex Kislov ATLIS Avi Sic Bisharat Benji Gunplay BUHAY Dakota DanceFloor Destroyers Dani Deahl Deafside Deejay Pickel Digital Departure DJ Dante DJ Demchuk DJ Intel DJ Moppy DJ RC DJ RTC DJ SOLO DJ Trew Fleege Gemini Club Greg Corner Hunter Vita Intensive Jaime Lopez Joe Bryl Kid Color Konrad Gainnes Kool Hersh Lewis Gigson Lou Dooben MattBoyWhite MEGA MIKE Milk N Cookies Miss Amphetamine Mister Joshua Moxxy Mr Bobby Orville Kline Phenom Phives Punky Fresh SABOR SUSHI SWGGRBCK Tima Fei Vipeeps WhyB Wyllys
**Click here for ChiIL Live Shows photo filled Summer Camp (SCamp) Footage:
It's time to Rock Union Park and get your fest buzz on AGAIN. Check out ChiIL Live Shows/ChiIL Mama for great, photo filled North Coast coverage, starting with past years right here.
We have press credentials for the 3rd year now, and will again be there for all 3 days. Check back with ChiIL Live Shows/ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often for photo filled features and loads of must see tips, new footage, new live show shots, and more.
Mucca Pazza Album Release at Bottom Lounge #original live show photos #original HD videos
Rhythmic, cult-like chanting filled the air at Bottom Lounge on August 18th.
Moooo ka pa za
Moo KA PA ZA
MUCCA PAZZA
MUCCA PAZZA
MUCCA PAZZA
When we saw multiple members of the crowd sporting cow costumes, we knew it would be a night to remember!
Chi-town's own favorite punk rock marching band rose to the occasion for their raucous, official album release party for Safety Fifth, and did not disappoint. The full sized marching band in their wabi sabi, mismatched uniforms and their cheerleaders with shredded caution tape pom pons, are our kinda crazy. They truly shine in live performance and are a spectacle to see.
Their name may be Italian for mad cow or crazy cow, but we think they're crazy like a fox....crazy talented musicians playing crazy good music...and a crazy fun show.
*worlds collide alert #1: Dug ran into two sets of friends from the TV production world at the show. One of those friends is a neighbor to one of the Mucca Pazza pom pon girls, who is also an accomplished local aerialist/acro/circus performer. She's played Alice in Wonderland and has ties to another of our favs, The Actors Gymnasium.
*worlds collide alert #2: ChiIL Mama has caught Mucca Pazza's head muckety muck, Mark Messing, for video interviews twice at Chicago Children's Theatre--once in a duo with Brian Selznick, author/illustrator of Hugo Cabret. (Brian's book was the basis for Oscar Award winning hit movie, Hugo, and The Houdini Box play.)
The other Mark Messing/ ChiIL Mama interview is in a duo with genius director, David Kersnar, in an amusingly Ernie and Bert-like bed interview on the set of Goodnight Moon!
Check them both out by clicking the links above. Mark is the mad maestro and musical mastermind behind Mucca Pazza and the scores to numerous musicals and plays including the critically acclaimed Hunchback Variations.
Check back with ChiIL Live Shows like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often. We have loads more HD video clips and live show footage coming soon.
**Check out our CD review for Safety Fifth and prior photo filled feature from Mucca Pazza at Hideout by clicking here.**
Check out more of our prior Mucca Pazza coverage here.
SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE Unleash Another Track From The New Eve #metal #streaming
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SEVEN KINGDOMS Announce Tracklisting for The Fire is Mine #metal
World Premiere of New Video Set For ProgPower USA
Florida power metallers SEVEN KINGDOMS have completed work on their latest album which is titled The Fire is Mine. In May of 2012 the band entered Morrisound Studios to create a record powerful enough to hang with the best in metal. With legendary producer Jim Morris (Iced Earth, Obituary, JOP, Jag Panzer etc) at the helm and much more experience gained, SEVEN KINGDOMS created their next melodic power thrash opus.
Today SEVEN KINGDOMS revealed the tracklisting for The Fire is Mine which is set for an October 9th release on Nightmare Records. The Fire is Mine can be pre-ordered on the Nightmare Records Website and Amazon.
The Fire is Mine Tracklisting:
1) Beyond the Wall
2) After the Fall
3) Forever Brave
4) Flame of Olympus
5) Symphony of Stars
6) The Fire is Mine
7) Kardia
8) Fragile Minds Collapse
9) In the Twisted Twilight
10) A Debt Paid in Steel
11) The King in the North
SEVEN KINGDOMS' new music video for the song "After the Fall" will receive its exclusive premiere at the ProgPower USA Festival on Saturday September 15th. It will be shown that evening on the big screens in between sets from Pretty Maids and Symphony X. A screenshot from the video can be seen below.
The Fire is Mine, the third offering from Florida's SEVEN KINGDOMS, shows a great solidification in their sound and direction; they've amped up every aspect from song writing, vocals to production and live performance. This one goes to eleven on all counts - including the number of tracks! The vocals and beautiful crystalline melodies of Sabrina Valentine are uniquely set in a furious power/thrash metal attack, blended with epic choirs and the occasional beer-chanting of the men of SEVEN KINGDOMS.
Guitarist Camden Cruz commented on the impending release of The Fire is Mine:
"Words cannot describe how excited we are to get this album out to the masses. We have further developed our sound on this album, and I think many will agree that it's a whole step above the last record, in every way possible. This is also our 'best' sounding record we have done. We truly believe everyone will enjoy it! We had many of our fans donate to the recording which was a tremendous help. This record was made possible by YOUR help! Thank you."
Lance King president of Nightmare Records is equally as excited for the masses to hear The Fire is Mine:
"SEVEN KINGDOMS have brought their 'A Game' on this one. Everything is top notch, from song writing to production, Sabrina's voice has never sounded better. It's a buy or die for fans of melodic power metal."
For More Information Visit:
http://www.sevenkingdoms.net
http://www.facebook.com/sevenkingdomsofficial
http://www.twitter.com/sevenkingdoms1
http://www.nightmarerecords.com
Yamantaka// Sonic Titan #new track free download
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN
Known as much for their progressive approach to melding psychedelia, opera and metal as they are for their captivating, and completely stunning live shows, there is never a dull moment in the world of YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN.
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN have released a new track as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program,"Lamia." The track can be downloaded here as well as seen live as part of a recent in-store performance at Sonic Boom during NXNE.
The band, who was recently shortlisted for the Polaris Prize alongside Grimes, Cadence Weapon, Japandroids and Drake, are releasing a split 7" with fellow nominees Fucked Up to coincide with the awards, followed by a never before seen 33 minute rock opera. Premeiering at this year's Pop Montreal Festival and presented in three parts, "33 // 渦" explores ancient Asian and North American mythology in a contemporary setting, replete with aging drag queens, desire, fame, jealousy and murder. You can catch them at the festival when they premiere the opera in Montreal on September 21st.
Also, Paper Bag Records has just signed YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN for Canada and is re-issuing the LP on vinyl. You can buy it digitally now or order the vinyl here.
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YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN are a psychedelic noh-wave opera group fusing noise, metal, pop and folk music into a multidisciplinary hyper-orientalist cesspool of 'eastern' culture in giant monochrome paper sets. Blending Noh, Peking Opera, Buddhist Ritual Punk, Taiko Shows, Tokusatsu, Performance Art, Rock Opera & their own mangaesque cardboard 'NEVERFLAT' style of 2.5D set design, their bizarre form of music//altheater have awked and shawed audiences in Montreal for several years.
Founded in early 2008 by performance artists alaskaB and Ruby Kato Attwood, from the ashes of 'Yellow Peril', YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN functions as a mutating and constantly evolving art cult that brings together individuals of Diasporic and Indigenous identity to perform/create as a collective. Working in multiple mediums including Installation, Theater, Music and Design, YT//ST negotiate cultural clashes between dominant cultures and those whose traditions are oppressed, erased or being eclipsed.
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN continues to operate now between Montreal & Toronto
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Busy Beaver Series 13 Button-O-Matic Release Party 9/7
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You're Invited!
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
CHI, IL LIVE SHOWS ON OUR RADAR: PUJOL AT ACE BAR THIS SAT 9/1
Photo Credit: Jo McCaughey
Shut out of sold out North Coast, or wanna get in a little after party party?
PUJOL will be rocking Chi-town's Ace Bar this Saturday-9pm with 3 openers. 21+. Just $8.
PUJOL will be rocking Chi-town's Ace Bar this Saturday-9pm with 3 openers. 21+. Just $8.
PUJOL, the animated and charismatic band of prolific frontman, Daniel Pujol, will be in Chicago at Ace Bar this Saturday, September 1st. As Spinner praised of a recent show, PUJOL "turned in a fiery performance...Really, just get involved now, because these guys are phenomenal."
Album Stream On Rolling Stone
Based out of Nashville, PUJOL bring a gritty intensity to the stage, one that builds on the catchy, intellectually driven rock and roll anthems of their fantastic debut album, UNITED STATES OF BEING, out now on Saddle Creek. Seeing what Rolling Stone calls the "scuzzy, catchy tracks that combine youthful energy with lyrical precociousness" played live takes the music to another level, with the band's dynamic, raw energy catapulting the sound around the room.
PUJOL arose from the ashes of MEEMAW in 2009 to carry on the Nashvillian ideals of DIY and self construction through adeptly crafted songs based firmly in meaningful lyrical content. It’s these motives and songs that have taken PUJOL from the basements of Middle Tennessee to stages across the country and have garnered notice from more than just those with their ear to the ground.
Releasing a plethora of singles and cassettes over the past two years on Jack White’s Third Man Records, Nashville’s Infinity Cat Recordings and Turbo Time Records among others, PUJOL has now partnered with Omaha's Saddle Creek. Following the critically praised Nasty, Brutish, and Short EP from last year, PUJOL finally has an official debut full-length ready for unveiling. UNITED STATES OF BEING continues on with PUJOL’s doctrine of trying hard everyday and ventures lyrically to a place that most contemporaries fail to reach. Addressing the current status of twenty-somethings in America’s present and capturing their shared dispositions, the album throws the brakes on "catharsis," and begs the listener to decide for themselves how to answer the robot's last question, "What is love?" With riff-oriented guitar playing reminiscent of greats like The Replacements and Beetlejuice-esque earworms, PUJOL now sits atop the fringes of the rock and roll and DIY vernacular.
Whether this strange world chooses to embrace PUJOL is of no matter, as the prolific frontman will continue to carry on as always - Taking Care of Business 24/7. The adrenalized, infectious debut full-length, UNITED STATES OF BEING, is out now on Saddle Creek.
Links
PUJOL Official Website
PUJOL Official Facebook
Follow PUJOL On Twitter
Saddle Creek
Based out of Nashville, PUJOL bring a gritty intensity to the stage, one that builds on the catchy, intellectually driven rock and roll anthems of their fantastic debut album, UNITED STATES OF BEING, out now on Saddle Creek. Seeing what Rolling Stone calls the "scuzzy, catchy tracks that combine youthful energy with lyrical precociousness" played live takes the music to another level, with the band's dynamic, raw energy catapulting the sound around the room.
PUJOL arose from the ashes of MEEMAW in 2009 to carry on the Nashvillian ideals of DIY and self construction through adeptly crafted songs based firmly in meaningful lyrical content. It’s these motives and songs that have taken PUJOL from the basements of Middle Tennessee to stages across the country and have garnered notice from more than just those with their ear to the ground.
Releasing a plethora of singles and cassettes over the past two years on Jack White’s Third Man Records, Nashville’s Infinity Cat Recordings and Turbo Time Records among others, PUJOL has now partnered with Omaha's Saddle Creek. Following the critically praised Nasty, Brutish, and Short EP from last year, PUJOL finally has an official debut full-length ready for unveiling. UNITED STATES OF BEING continues on with PUJOL’s doctrine of trying hard everyday and ventures lyrically to a place that most contemporaries fail to reach. Addressing the current status of twenty-somethings in America’s present and capturing their shared dispositions, the album throws the brakes on "catharsis," and begs the listener to decide for themselves how to answer the robot's last question, "What is love?" With riff-oriented guitar playing reminiscent of greats like The Replacements and Beetlejuice-esque earworms, PUJOL now sits atop the fringes of the rock and roll and DIY vernacular.
Whether this strange world chooses to embrace PUJOL is of no matter, as the prolific frontman will continue to carry on as always - Taking Care of Business 24/7. The adrenalized, infectious debut full-length, UNITED STATES OF BEING, is out now on Saddle Creek.
Links
PUJOL Official Website
PUJOL Official Facebook
Follow PUJOL On Twitter
Saddle Creek
Upcoming Tour Dates
08/31 - Hangar 9 - Carbondale, IL
09/01 - Ace Bar - Chicago, IL
09/06 - Club Dada - Dallas, TX
09/07 - Stubb's BBQ - Austin, TX
09/08 - Old No. 2 - Laredo, TX
09/18 - Georgia Theatre - Athens, GA
09/19 - Sky City - Augusta, GA
09/29 - Starry Nights Festival - Bowling Green, KY
10/03 - 529 - Atlanta, GA
10/04 - Bottletree - Birmingham, AL
10/05 - JJ's Bohemia - Chattanooga, TN
10/06 - SoundLand Music Festival - Nashville, TN
10/10 - North Star Bar - Philadelphia, PA
10/11 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
10/14 - TT The Bear's - Cambridge, MA
Press Quotes
"They've got a gritty, garage-band sound, but with guitar riffs and catchy hooks that are hard to resist." NYLON
"This madman of rock 'n' roll speaks like a young philosopher king." Spinner
"Some twang and a skipped beat now and then, with a little self-revelation in the lyrics." NY Times
"Shimmers with power pop hooks and a slight dose of fuzz." Rolling Stone
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