The Front Bottoms kick off the New Year with a string of dates supporting Bad Books (featuring Kevin Devine and Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra) in February.
This six song EP is a pleasant, although not too radical, departure from the “Spin the Bottle” type of alterna-pop Ms. Hatfield has graced us with recently.
Compiled of tracks between 1959 and 1962, Merry Christmas from the Space Age Bachelor Pad takes on such classics as “White Christmas,” and “Frosty the Snowman.”
I regret deeply that I spent part of my precious weekend listening to this piss-poor collecion of ultra-sappy sensitive singer-songwriter country-folk crap.
What would happen if the Velvet Underground met up with the Ramones in a bar in New Jersey to talk about their ex-girlfriends? Outrageous Cherry would happen.