

The Red Telephone
Inspired largely by Sixties psychedelia -- their name comes from a track off Love's seminal 1967 LP Forever Changes -- as well as more contemporary influences such as Wilco, My Bloody Valentine and Radiohead, the Red Telephone was comprised of singer/guitarist Matt Hutton, guitarist Sean Toohey, bassist Pat MacDonald and drummer Mark Britton. A product of Boston, the group debuted in 1998 with a self-titled LP issued on Warner Bros. Not surprisingly, Warner had no idea what to do with a left-of-center band like the Red Telephone, and the group was...[more]
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Influenced by bands like Big Star, The Pixies and The Beatles, their pop songs with-a-psychedelic-twist have been compared to The Replacements as well as The Psychedelic Furs and Cheap Trick.
7" $4.12
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What a surprise -- this Boston quartet's self-titled Warner Bros. debut album from 1998 was so underwhelming, they got dropped and few noticed. Here's a case, like romance sometimes, where being dumped turns out to be the thing that makes you get your act together for a better next time; Aviation is like some other band, the good witch from the north, not the one crushed under the house. Left on their own, recording on a 12-track machine at home, the Red Telephone are suddenly living up to the loft [ read more ]
CD $7.58