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05.20.2003
Drummers may have a bad rep of being, what else, only drummers. But also remember Phil Collins, Karen Carpenter, and Don Henley. Add Bill McGarvey to...
05.20.2003
This album consists of (roots) pop music that was recorded in the kitchen and mixed in the living room and which clearly has its roots in the...
05.20.2003
"Veteran indie pop artist Bill McGarvey has a terrific new solo disc, Tell Your Mother, out that should appeal to pop fans in general, and jangly pop...
05.20.2003
Bill McGarvey - Tell Your Mother This was the first disc to drop through the door in 2003, and it's so impressive it's a cast iron certainty that it...
05.20.2003
Bill McGarvey's Tell Your Mother is a soulful, rich folk-pop record, keeping the intimacy and simplistic nature of folk music while fleshing the...
05.20.2003
Bill McGarvey's solo debut--after three discs with NYC's Valentine Smith -is a sunny slice of '60s-influenced pop, yet one that's tied in to wistful...
05.20.2003
Tell Your Mother and Friends About Bill McGarvey! by Mike Lawson I haven't heard anything so original, yet so good, in such a long time! If you...
05.20.2003
“This is a nifty album of quirky, sometimes powerful pop that could wind up on my Top Ten List at year’s end. The album brims with catchy choruses,...
05.19.2003
Ivory Wire was asked to open for Queens of the Stone Age and then Superdrag. They are the most played local artist on specialty radio at both of...
05.19.2003
(Caveat Lector: The reviewer and Ivory Wire guitarist Robert Byrne were members together of various bands in the central stateline area in the mid...
05.19.2003
I've had an advance copy burning a hole in my discman for a week now, and that's where this little gem is staying for quite a while! "The World Is...
05.15.2003
“Cary shows she's the former member of Whiskeytown making the most enjoyable albums now.” -- USA TODAY “Caitlin Cary’s second album makes a perfect...
05.14.2003
Shimmering guitars, beautifully rendered spectral arrangements, insinuating songs: Missy Roback’s CD debut, Just Like Breathing, is a startling...
05.14.2003
It’s hard to overstate the value of an inventive producer to a singer-songwriter — after all, there’s no shortage of fine voices in the world, and...
05.14.2003
Singer/songwriter Missy Roback has a gem of a pop record in her debut Just Like Breathing. Producer/husband Steven Roback (formerly of the Rain...