Archive for July, 2006

The Vines: Vision Valley

Monday, July 31st, 2006

(Capitol, 2006) Whatever happend to the likely lads of 2001/2002? The garage rock revival was supposed to be the saving grace of “real” rock and roll. At the very least, it saved us from more of that moronic rap rock that had become so prevelant in the late ’90s. The Vines were […]

The Submarines: Declare a New State!

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

(Nettwerk, 2006) The Submarines are quite the stereotypical little indie pop band - members John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard are married, and probably because they made Declare a New State! together; they’d broken up, but grew together again over the course of recording an album about their relationship woes. The music reflects that […]