Matt Mahaffey has built powerful, sexy pop that digitizes hooks that stop you short and jerk you back at all the right places, pushing hard and driving it in.
A rare specimen indeed. Not only are they a helluva good time, they have that special ability to transport the listener back to a certain historical era.
The lively, personable piano takes a flying leap into the musical primelight, dancing audacious circles around its player’s flagrantly uncooperative lyrics.
Spongebath has a cool story behind it, but I can’t remember what it is. This label in Murfreesboro, TN, has some fun, quirky, diverse bands on their roster.
The southern Florida trio has put out a new wave/light punk/power pop CD that delivers strong melodic surges and evidence of much burgeoning songwriting talent.