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In 1975, African American brothers Bobby, David and Dannis Hackney entered a Detroit studio and recorded seven speedy, scorching songs that built on the garage-rock mayhem of fellow Motor City residents MC5 and the Stooges while predicting the oncoming punk blitz.
Album review: Death, "Spiritual Mental Phyiscal" David Malitz 2011
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In 1975, African American brothers Bobby, David and Dannis Hackney entered a Detroit studio and recorded seven speedy, scorching songs that built on the garage-rock mayhem of fellow Motor City residents MC5 and the Stooges while predicting the oncoming punk blitz.
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The Archers were darker emotionally and rocked harder—the better comparison is to the gloriously sloppy garage-rock of the Replacements.
Getting the Band Back Together Andy Beta 2011
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The group's forthcoming album, "Cannibal Courtship," finds its garage-rock sound still winsome, even if it is mostly delivered in English now.
Killing Us Softly With Song Andy Beta 2011
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After a half-decade, the Strokes returned this year with "Angles," only to find that their garage-rock peers, the White Stripes, had announced their break-up and their nearest neighbors, LCD Soundsystem, were hanging it up as well the night after this Madison Square Garden show, in fact.
Disco Donors, Punk Pioneers Andy Beta 2011
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Sons of a traveling Pentecostal preacher, the Followill brothers went from singing hymns to a high-profile spot in the early '00s garage-rock revival.
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First-rate garage-rock raveups, country-tinged stompers and gorgeous ballads, all played with gusto by a host of special guests including Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.
Tony Sachs: One More Once: A Listen Back At The Records That Made 2010 More Bearable Tony Sachs 2011
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Compared with the group's first garage-rock records, this fourth album featuring a fourth member, guitarist Mark Nathan has a rangy sound that recalls early FM rock radio.
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First-rate garage-rock raveups, country-tinged stompers and gorgeous ballads, all played with gusto by a host of special guests including Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.
Tony Sachs: One More Once: A Listen Back At The Records That Made 2010 More Bearable Tony Sachs 2011
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But they have a catalog as ageless as frontman Ric Ocasek's wife, Paulina Porizkova, and their streamlined hits expertly combining garage-rock and bubblegum pop continue to cruise around the airwaves decades after defining new-wave radio as well as the nascent days of MTV.
Soul Stars, Vintage Cars Andy Beta 2011
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