Heatmiser was an indie rock supergroup of sorts, featuring songwriters Elliott Smith and Neil Gust (No. 2), as well as Sam Coomes (Quasi) and the multitalented Tony Lash. The quartet's finest and final album, Mic City Sons features a decidedly more pop feel than its predecessors and marks Smith's maturation into the role of the band's visionary. From the opening notes of the swaggering, bass-heavy "Get Lucky" to conclusion of the album with a soothingly soft hidden track, {^Mi...   [ read more ]

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The second album by those hard rocking sons of the Canadian prairie One Bad Son sounds for all the world what Guns N' Roses fans might hope Chinese Democracy will sound like if and when it's ever finished. Lacking the grandiosity that sank the band's later albums, and toning down the glam metal into a more low-key form of hard rock in keeping with current fashion, Orange City is simply a straightforward, meat and potatoes hard rock album with little flash and less pretension, anchored ...   [ read more ]

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