The News Review:
- Music critics’ picks
- Adrian Bhagat went to see Garage Band
- Boston’s bad bad boys
- From the Bonnaroo Beacon: Access for All At Bonnaroo
Music critics’ picks
Philadelphia Inquirer
tomorrow $30 $45 VIP. – James JohnsonPPGiven our demographic (we’re really old man) we’re hot to see punk-rock pioneers the New York Dolls this weekend. But we’re also enthused about opener Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears out of Austin Texas. Lewis – yes that’s him – has said that he got his start messing with guitars that musicians had hocked at the pawn shop where he worked. The band’s debut album "Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!" rocked up to third place on the Billboard blues charts. Lewis’ voice has been described as a little bit Joe Tex a little bit Tyrone Davis.
Adrian Bhagat went to see Garage Band
LeftLion – Nottingham Magazine and Website
As they improve they begin to get gigs and then to become better known thanks to Alan’s use of the internet to build a following. With a tour booked and the prospect of supporting The Damned at a festival it looks like they might be about to make the big time. However the lead singer Danny has to choose between his life as an academic (a professor of punk music) and his role in the band. Gavin is outraged: how can he want to talk about the punk lifestyle rather than living it? There is a crisis of authenticity: for Gavin what they are doing is truly punk but Danny feels like a tourist and sees punk as something that only happened in the past. This difference is the central theme of the play which is an insightful and nostalgic examination of punk’s history and its modern day significance. The meditation on the difference between being punk and playing listening to or appreciating punk music means that the first half of the play is a little slow moving but it livens up in the second half as the band play some great anthemic songs live on stage. The cast had to learn to play together in only a short time and their fictional band was good but not great which just added to the realism.
Boston’s bad bad boys
Boston Herald
The whole punk movement was founded on kicking the sonic stuffing out of the wheezing bloated establishment. In reality it just doesn’t work that way. The Clash opened for The Who; Green Day recorded with U2; and on Tuesday in a coming.
From the Bonnaroo Beacon: Access for All At Bonnaroo
Relix
It's reallysuper-accommodating. ” With a cell phone answering service that blares the Dead Kennedy’s“Holiday in Cambodia” it’s not too surprising to find out that Rudygrew up in the Los Angeles area amidst the SoCal punk scene. But hepoints out that his love of music and excitement to be here goes beyondthose sounds. “I grew up on punk rock and heavy metal but I love all kinds of music.
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