Grand piano, strings, and horns actually soften the edges of their metronomic precision, and the track about a relationship-salvaging road trip even erupts with handclaps.  Full text...

Die-hard fans know what to expect from Pernice Brothers: delicate harmonies, bittersweet poetry and a sense that each album from main guy Joe Pernice is another wonderful secret only they (okay, and eagle-eared Gilmore Girls fans, too) are privileged to know about.  Full text...

Its melodies are fine and uplifting for all but the most diehard yankophobe.  Full text...

It's Pernice Brothers all the way.  Full text...

If only Morrissey wasn't such a stubborn old sod. After all those years hanging around in the USA he's never shown any inclination to start dabbling in Alt-Country, or to talk in a Deep South accent. This to some degree is a great shame. After all who wouldn't want to see the great man take to the stage accompanied only by Skeeter, a man who blows rhythm sections out of an empty bottle?  Full text...