If Lovey captured Evan Dando as he found his signature blend of punk-pop, jangle pop, and folk-rock, It's a Shame About Ray is where he perfected that style. Breezing by in under half an hour, the album is a simple collection of sunny melodies and hooks, delivered with typical nonchalance by Dando. None of the songs are about anything major, nor do they have astonishingly original melodies, but that's part of their charm -- they're immediately accessible and thoroughly catchy. Dando...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. On yellow vinyl! Download card included. Varshons, the new album from The Lemonheads, feels like a cool mix tape slipped to you by a music-obsessed friend. Produced by Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers) and featuring guest appearances by Liv Tyler and Kate Moss, the collection is filled with strange bedfellows, from G.G. Allin and Townes Van Zandt to Wire and Leonard Cohen. Filled with obscure nuggets, the tracks on Varshons cut a wide swath, jumping from early British psychedelic to Dutch ...   [ read more ]

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"It really sounds like The Lemonheads. Maybe a little better." Evan Dando is getting a bit conspiratorial about the latest incarnation of the legendary pop/punk outfit he formed a full two decades ago, now about to unleash their eighth album on an unsuspecting and defenseless world. And how does this new release?the first for The Lemonheads on Vagrant Records?compare to, say, Dando's much-acclaimed solo work of the past few years? "Louder, faster, more like Buzzcocks pop-punk?and way less introspective."

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