Third album for the Parasol label from New York City pop artist George Usher (a former member of The Bongos, Beat Rodeo, and The Schramms) with his Group, recorded in NYC and mixed in North Carolina with Mitch Easter (at Fidelitorium Recordings). Using a musical vocabulary sure to resonate with folks into the power pop/roots rock sound, Usher scripts classic melodies and storied arrangements recalling the glory days of The Beatles, The Left Banke and The Beach Boys; and the crisp pop lassitude of the late...   [ read more ]

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?If the name was meant to be indicative of the music, this Texas combo sold itself short because Sweet Weaponry, the quartet's first nationally distributed full-length following a pair of indie EPs, is definitely fighting well above its designated weight class. Like most bands, Cruiserweight can be read as something of a stylistic pastiche of its influences. It puts the wiry muscle of punk to work on the pomp of '70s {hard rock}, flavors it with the tunefulness and some of the personality quirks of '80s {n...   [ read more ]

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