Shane Handler

Ambulance LTD: Ambulance LTD

Shane Handler July 15, 2004 No Comments

Ambulance LTD molds a bit of the Velvet Underground

Antigone Rising: Let The Music Do The Talking

Shane Handler July 14, 2004 No Comments

Loading straight ahead classic rock with hints of glam, improv and vibrant energy, Antigone Rising is here to stay. With a big gig at SXSW behind them, praises from Rolling Stone and an opening spot for Aerosmith, these five woman continue to second guess their stubborn doubters.

Gerling: Badblood!!!

Shane Handler July 12, 2004 No Comments

Straying from the choppy chords, choppy hair and choppy vintage Ts of post-punk, Gerling have nice shoes and an affection for disco balls. Playing with late 70s punk swagger, and leaning towards 80s indulgence, Badblood!!! acts as a retro-predecessor of punk morphing into synth-pop.

Marlow: The World Before It Ever Was

Shane Handler July 12, 2004 No Comments

The diversity in the selections epitomizes The World Before It Ever Was experience

Jesse Malin: The Heat

Shane Handler July 6, 2004 No Comments

The Heat is a poignant release that sparks with pain, solace and penetrating observations, exposing Jesse Malin as an honest punk rocker turned storyteller.

Jonathan Richman: Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love

Shane Handler July 2, 2004 No Comments

On Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love, Jonathan Richman

Stockholm Syndrome: Holy Happy Hour

Shane Handler July 1, 2004 No Comments

Set out on fulfilling their mission of songs that sounded like songs, instead of placing jam noodlings over words, the Stockholm Syndrome have broken forth with a record that aches of pain and soul, However, Holy Happy Hour still has its moments of sunshine.