2006-05-08
Vigilantes strive to play no-nonsense rock and roll with contagious choruses while avoiding the pressure of throw-back garage fads. To them, straight rock and roll doesn't need reinvention, it needs resurrection. Taking cues from early rock and roll pioneers, Vigilantes wrote, recorded, and released Howard City within months of becoming a band. -Michelle TolodzieckiPRIMUS
and the Chocolate Factory
THE HEAD AND THE HEART
The Head and the Heart
Nick Lowe
Jesus of Cool (reissue)
MATT DUKE
Kingdom Underground
THE HOLD STEADY
Boys & Girls In America
ANDERS OSBORNE
COMING DOWN
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