I reviewed the album Love by this band some months ago, and talked about how the band was still in the process of harnessing their sound. 1989′s Sonic Temple was the apex of the band’s popularity, with the enormous success of “Fire Woman” and “Edie (Ciao Baby)”, although their sound had expanded beyond the psychedelic/southern blues-rock synthesis into the realm of arena sounds, although the still maintained their unique
Dow Event Center, 27 March 2010 It wasn’t a sold out show, in fact, there were less people there than I had actually expected. But, there were plenty of people there, don’t get me wrong on the aspect. The crowd made me feel old, not because there weren’t people there that were older than me, but because even most of those people ended up acting like drunken fools
To say this is a Britpop album would be far too simple; however, it really is one of the forerunners to that movement. The sounds of the guitars of Guy Chadwick and Simon Walker jangle like Britpop, but distort, delay and float like a Jesus & Mary Chain that’s in love with the beauty of the world. Chadwick is effortless and casual with his vocals, and almost wry in
As I was speeding down the Beltline a few Saturdays ago, I was cursing at myself, and thinking “Fuck, I’m going to miss the whole damn show. If only I would’ve gone to bed early the night before, instead of staying up till the crack of dawn…” maybe then I wouldn’t have slept through my ‘naptime’ alarm. Luckily, as though it was meant to be, I made it to
I never thought I would be a “techno guy”. And I’m certainly not a raver. When this album came out I was not initially aware of it. It took exposure from a party girl with whom I made out once or twice, back in late 1996/early 1997, for me to become hear this group at all. I feel pretty certain that a good percentage of my readers, all four
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