The Who BBC Sessions MCA By: Eric G. The Beatles are pop, The Who is rock, and The Kinks are somewhere in between. These BBC Sessions prove that The Who was rocking harder than anyone else in 1965. Just take the guitar solo from "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", where Pete Townshend makes an unholy racket an […]
Entries from February 2000
The Who, BBC Sessions (MCA)
February 27th, 2000
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The Letter E, EP (Tiger Style)
February 24th, 2000
The Letter E EP Tiger Style By: Eric G. The four musicians that comprise The Letter E come from relatively similar musical backgrounds, hailing from such bands as Rex, June Of 44, Lungfish, and Sonora Pine among others. This EP was recorded just over two years ago in a building in Brooklyn, New York that […]
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The Starlite Desperation, Go Kill Mice (Flapping Jet)
February 23rd, 2000
The Starlite Desperation Go Kill Mice Flapping Jet By: Eric G. The Starlite Desperation plays stripped down, blood and guts rock music without any cheesy effects or pretense. The music shows its aggression through jagged riffs, wailing vocals, and thundering percussion. Clearly, The Cramps and The Stooges inspired this band to pick up its instruments, […]
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Internal/external, Featuring… (K)
February 21st, 2000
Internal/external Featuring… K By: Eric G. Gathering up all of your indie rock friends to play on your album isn’t really a new idea or even a very good one. U.N.K.L.E. and The Sixths have both done it to varying degrees of success, but Olympia, Washington’s Paul Schuster has taken this sly marketing ploy and […]
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Sunday’s Best, Sons Of The Second String 7inch (Market Participant)
February 15th, 2000
Sunday's Best Sons Of The Second String 7inch Market Participant By: Eric G. Sunday's Best is a quartet from Los Angeles, playing a tight brand of power pop with one foot in punk and the other in a weird Built To Spill sort of melodic rock. The band flaunts its harmonies shamelessly over muted guitars […]
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Do Make Say Think, Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead (Constellation)
February 14th, 2000
Do Make Say Think Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead Constellation By: Eric G. Do Make Say Think explores the accidents of sound and the limits of formal composition for a ragged and raw display of rock that feels primal and pure even in the face of its veerings into jazz. The jazzy breakdowns […]
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The Beach, Directed By Danny Boyle (20th Century Fox)
February 14th, 2000
The Beach Directed By Danny Boyle 20th Century Fox By: Eric G. The problem with The Beach is that it shouldn’t have been made into a movie at all. On paper it probably looked like a great idea: Leonardo DiCaprio frolicking on a tropical island with an hot young French girl, but Alex Garland’s fast-paced […]
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