2nd Grade
Easy Listening. Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Tag: 2nd Grade
Mixtape 135 :: Bottle Rocket Baby
Hissing steam and spitting fire, the Old 97s chew up the rails and cross-ties by playing country music with a punk attitude.
Mixtape 130 :: Cowboy
Bill Callahan has been wandering the halls of music for quite some time now, his deep voice and aimless arrangements a constant hypnotic presence.
Mixtape 124 :: Forgotten Astronaut
Matt Sharp and The Rentals have always attracted a stellar cast of musicians to help them assemble their popsong symphonies.
Mixtape 123 :: Thieves
Billy Martin’s drumming makes me think of oxymorons like “precisely sloppy” and “intensely casual” and “red hot chill out”.
Mixtape 117 :: All Or Nothing
There is no shortage of consuming urgency to the sound of this UK trio called simply Shopping.
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