2008-03-17
Plenty of riffing guitars, groovy base, and driving beats on this album. Earnest rhythm and blues off the bat with the opener “Her Own Kinda Woman”, complete with bleating brass and hand claps for punch and punctuation. Grittier still is “Cashbox”, a song fit for blasting while doing some hard labor, peeling down a highway, or shooting some pool to. The songs which temper the album work nearly as well, especially the jangling title track with its soft piano touches, the funky “Ever Since Ya Pulled Me Under”, the pop jingle of “Spanish Highway” and the country western infused “Under A Silvery Moon.”- Michael Loffelman
Goldfrapp
Seventh Tree
Andrew Bird
The Mysterious Production of Eggs
MATTHEW RYAN
From a Late Night High Rise in Paris
Dave Alvin
Ashgrove
Handsome Ghost
The Brilliant Glow
THE BIRD AND THE BEE
Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
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