Remember “Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone?” Veldt seem dead set on recreating the same kind of wonderbread euro-alterna-soul that made my dentist a rich man.
No faux British accent, no green hair, and no teen angst found here. Just 14 punchy rave-ups, including a blistering cover of Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Jet.”
This extraordinary debut is loaded with heavy, pounding guitar sounds, immense percussion, and clever bass lines. Maria has the most amazing set of pipes.
The Fixx play a set, perform all the songs they made videos for (plus some other ones), talk to the audience, the audience cheers, and everybody goes home.
If Blur and Oasis were a) American, and b) infectious, spirited and hooky, they’d be The Drag. A collection of ambitious lyrics with tunes that stay with you.