2006-05-08
Vigilantes strive to play no-nonsense rock and roll with contagious choruses while avoiding the pressure of throw-back garage fads. To them, straight rock and roll doesn't need reinvention, it needs resurrection. Taking cues from early rock and roll pioneers, Vigilantes wrote, recorded, and released Howard City within months of becoming a band. -Michelle Tolodziecki
JOSEPH ARTHUR AND THE LONELY ASTRONAUTS
Temporary People
Bump
Incredible Consequences
Jeb Loy Nichols
Days Are Mighty
CANASTA
The Fakeout, The Tease, and The Breather
THE GO-BETWEENS
That Striped Sunlight Sound
THE HEAD AND THE HEART
The Head and the Heart
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