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Today
“Bursting with terrific songs.” | |
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| 03-03/08 |
Modern Drummer - Cedar Grove, New Jersey
Kurt is featured in Modern Drummer’s April 2008 issue
(Look for the cover featuring Levon Helm and Steve Jordan) in a very cool interview by journalist and rock critic Gail Worley.
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| 01-02/08 |
Skope Magazine - Boston, Massachusetts
"Not merely for genre fans, this is a disc that belongs in the collection of any fan of melodic, driving rock." |
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| 12/21/07 |
Goldmine - Iola,Wisconsin
"A ground-breaking album breaking new ground all over again." |
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| 12/12/07 |
Aquarian - Little Falls, New Jersey
"A ground-breaking album breaking new ground all over again." |
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| 10/24/07 | The
Big Takeover - New York, NY
"As the album's title implies,
the band jumped the home recording trend by converting a residence into its private
recording universe, immersing themselves in sonic experimentation." | |
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| 10/15/07 | Buzzine
- Hollywood, California
"A discovery
(or maybe re-discovery) in the cool category, to be sure." | |
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| 10/07 | SoundStage
- Ottawa, Canada
"The songs are wonderfully
melodic and feature complex, densely constructed harmony vocals ...It’s
easily my pick for reissue of the year..."
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| 09/21 |
PopMatters - Evanston, IL
"..the platonic ideal of power pop, hypnotic sweetness, amped and riffed and drummed into rock intensity." |
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| 09/17 | FOX
6 News - Milwaukee, WI
"..the
jewel of this band is their catchy tunes, great harmonies, and the outstanding
lead guitar of Kristen Pinell. This girl can riff." | |
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| 09/07 | All
Music Guide - Ann Arbor, MI
"The
American answer to Britpop...[a] stellar album." | |
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| 09/07 | babysue
- Chattanooga, TN
"Upbeat
and highly melodic, these folks effectively captured the essence of a live band
playing while still managing to incorporate plenty of smart and appropriate overdubs" | |
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| 08/31/07 | Sun
Herald - Biloxi, MS
"..praised
for their ability to take elements of '60s rock and '70s power into the modern
era..Power-pop fans will really love it!" | |
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| 08/28/07 | Things
I'd Rather Being Doing -Iowa City, IA
“..here
the garage rock the members clearly love is an obvious and welcome influence..the
grit of the overdriven, distorted guitars and the pounding drums that give things
a libidinous pulse.” | |
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| 08/27/07 | Jersey
Beat - Weehawkin, NJ
".. full of
peppy, and fluid melodies, thoughtful lyrics, semi-intricate guitar arrangements,
and appealing harmonies." | |
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| 08/25/07 | Semiurban
Cartography - Portland, OR
"..explosive,
guitar driven edginess..the new fangled
creation loses none of its original charms, and would clearly stand in with a
foot in each era as an almost peerless recording."
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| 08/22/07 | Creative
Loafing - Tampa, FL
"an unexpected
surprise... it's damn catchy and well-executed." | |
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| 08/16/07 | Iowa
Press-Citizen -Iowa City, IA
“Showcasing great original
material (by the brothers Reil and Hargreaves), too-cool sibling harmonies and
sizzling chops, ‘House of Vibes Revisited’ presents a beautifully re-mixed/re-mastered
edition of this minor classic.” | |
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| 08/16/07 | Kingston
Free Press -Kinston, NC
"The
combination of seamless harmonies, propulsive drumming and slash and burn guitar
playing is always going to be in fashion, especially when the songwriting is as
strong as it is on this album." | |
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| 08/11/07 | Star-Ledger
-Newark, NJ
“‘House of Vibes’ was, and is, an indie-pop
gem – the kind of unassuming but immaculately crafted album that is constantly
being rediscovered by new fans of the genre.” | |
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| Absolute
Powerpop
“If Little Steven is calling one of your tracks (‘Salad
Days’) the coolest song in the world, well you know you've done something
right. But there's more to it than this, and anyone who's come to the Weeds late
(as well as anyone who came to them early) needs to pick this one up.” | |
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| Power
Popaholic
“Every track is classic here. … Don’t miss this
one.” | |
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| 08/07 | All
Music Guide | |
| "A
Grip Weeds song is so distinctive and unique that it obliterates most pop pretenders,
retro-mongers, and fetishists... If there is one way in which ‘House of Vibes’
does harken back, it is this: the music recalls an era when a pop song had the
capacity to change the way the world looked, the way you look at the world. That
is a quality too often missing in any music.” | |
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| Pulse | |
| "New
Jersey's Grip Weeds spin sparkling, insanely catchy psych-pop on their full length
debut. Four stars." | |
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| Goldmine | |
| "House
of Vibes is loaded with cool songs that are sometimes trippy, sometimes poppy,
sometimes garagy, but always appealingly structured and highly melodic... definitely
a road worth traveling...quite a triumph." | |
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