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THE WHIGS > In The Dark(2)

March 16, 2010

THE WHIGS
In The Dark
(ATO RECORDS)
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On the heels of an explosive year, The Whigs have released their third album, In the Dark. Powerful, gritty and headbangingly sincere, In The Dark is a superb album, full of garage-rock funk with melodies to sing along to.
In The Dark showcases a new turn for the band; while they [...]

THE WHIGS > In The Dark

KILL HENRY SUGAR > Hot Messiah

KILL HENRY SUGAR
Hot Messiah
(DICKYVIBE RECORDS)
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Kill Henry Sugar has never been fond of genres. The New York City duo just isn’t easily classified.
To call Erik Della Penna and Dean Sharenow a folk act is reductive and off-the-mark, as their songs do not worship at the altar of early Bob Dylan or, even moreso, at those [...]

Who Shot Lester Monroe?

WHO SHOT LESTER MONROE?
(BLUE CIRCLE MOVIES)
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You would not be incorrect, exactly, if you called this a glorified home movie, but it is glorified, and the home central to it is that of the director, who happens to be Tom T. Hall, and the producer, who happens to be his wife, songwriting partner and co-star, [...]