The News Review:
- This Band Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk
- From Boston to Austin: Acts head to SXSW
- Lady GaGa live in LA: EW photo blog!
This Band Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk
New York Times
When I was told the history of the band and what year they recorded this music it just didn’t make sense. Ahead of punk and ahead of their time. ”The teenage Hackney brothers started playing R&B in their parents’ garage in the early ’70s but switched to hard rock in 1973 after seeing an Alice Cooper show. Dannis played drums Bobby played bass and sang and David wrote the songs and contributed propulsive guitar work derived from studying.
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From Boston to Austin: Acts head to SXSW
Boston Globe
By our count roughly two-dozen bands and solo artists from the New England region are headed to this year’s 23d annual event (March 18-22) to be around as much music beer and barbecue as humanly possible. If you’re going you’ll no doubt run into a few familiar names from around these parts: neo-soul shouter Eli “Paperboy” Reed hazy pop daydreamers Wheat cabaret-punk darling Amanda Palmer roots rockers Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles hard-rock stoners Dinosaur Jr. Irish punks the Street Dogs and garage ravers Muck & the Mires among others. A handful of terrific up-and-comers are also headed to Austin hoping to turn some heads. They’ve turned ours already and in that spirit we’ve picked a half-dozen of the most promising acts you’d be wise to check out when you get there. And don’t worry dude.
Lady GaGa live in LA: EW photo blog!
Entertainment Weekly
ne presumed the Lady approved — and somewhere to be sure Andy Warhol stirred in his grave. Glowsticks came courtesy of The White Tie Affair a bouncy nu-punk band that dared to throw an acoustic guitar into the proceedings while battling through a tough opening spot. They sweated it out under the blacklights as best they could but all those girls in the exotic tights and.