It’s time to stow the pretense and snobbery and remember why we fell in love with rock’n’roll in the first place: It’s just plain fun.  Full text...

So to get the whole “what they remind me of” thing out there, after listening to the album several times and driving myself crazy trying to figure out what it was that the Lashes’ sound reminded me of, I came up with this: pop, with some classic rock‘n’roll style thrown in, and then mixed with some sweeping Broadway showtune flair.  Full text...

The tunes could use a little more Cheap Trick punch and less whine, but cuts like the hooky Elvis Costello rip "Daddy's Little Girl" deliver enough reckless flair and plaintive melodies to at least win the band a gig opening for Hot Hot Heat.  Full text...

The question remains: Does the world need another Hot Hot Heat right now?   Full text...

A rousing, effervescent disc that should stay in heavy rotation come summertime, Get It is good 'til the last drop's gone.   Full text...

Get It could be pulled off by any run-of-the-mill trio or quartet that have listened to enough Costello records.  Full text...

Every track on Get It -- with the exception of the mid-tempo, string-section aided "Dear Hollywood" -- is upbeat and interchangeable-with-every-other-track-on-the-disc power pop, from the jangly single "Sometimes the Sun", the New Wavy flourishes of "The World Needs More Love Letters", and the bouncy keyboards of "Nate's Song".  Full text...