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Hooks ‘N’ You: Don Dixon, “(If) I’m a Ham, Well You’re a Sausage: The Don Dixon Collection”
When you hear the name “Don Dixon,” you’re probably more likely to think of him in terms of his production career than for his accomplishments as a singer and songwriter … and for those
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: The Devlins, “Drift”
Has this ever happened to you? You’ve bought a new album. You put it on and hit “play,” and as it’s playing, you find that you’re enjoying it well enough, but it’s not really
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: Dave Dill, “Follow the Summer”
Pity the publicist who offers up an exaggerated sense of their artist’s sound. I’ve been offering up some semblance of music criticism since I was a senior in high school (Great Bridge HS, class
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: Random Reminiscing From the Averett Years
I can say without hesitation that today’s Hooks ‘N’ You was written more quickly and with less forethought in the history of the column, but whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: Splitsville, “Let’s Go! The Best of Splitsville”
Before I start talking about the Baltimore-based power pop band known as Splitsville, I should let them start talking…and I’ll do so by offering up the very first track from their very first album,
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: International Pop Overthrow
Pop rules. I mean, it must. If it didn’t, would David Bash sign all of his E-mails with that phrase? Actually, he probably would. There are few individuals out there who’ve done quite so
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: The Crayons, “What Color Are You?”
No, I’m not dead, but neither can it really be said that I’ve been resting, either. Sorry for the monthlong interim between columns, but I was in Los Angeles July 7-23 covering the Television
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: Voice of the Beehive, “Sex & Misery”
I can still remember stumbling upon the CD for Voice of the Beehive’s Let It Bee for the first time. I guess you could argue that it stood out because, comparatively speaking, there just
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: Morten Harket, “Wild Seed”
As God is my witness, I had already planned to write this column before Jeff dropped the news in his column, Freshly Unwrapped, that Morten Harket was scheduled to release a new album (Letter
Read More »Hooks ‘N’ You: Loud Sugar, “Loud Sugar”
Jeff Giles, God love him, is directly – if accidentally – responsible for inspiring this week’s column. Awhile back, he thought he was just offering up a snarky one-liner in his Cutouts Gone Wild!
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