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Off The Beaten Track: Music Reviews & Musings by Mary Leary

Posted by on February 1, 2010 · 3 Comments 

Although Frank Zappa punctuates this installment, you have to read through the end to see if it’s just a tease. Meanwhile, Mary Leary considers The Responders, Little Feat, Abel Ashes, Runfang Cheng, and The OGeeZ, with or without perfectly-popped cyber refreshments. And there are videos of attractive people in their underwear, along with some smoky Plaster Casters footage.

Filed under Album Reviews · Tagged with Abel Ashes, Dallas Alice, Frank Zappa, Little Feat DVD, Little Feat Skin It Back, Lowell George DVD, Off the Beaten Track Mary Leary, Off The Beaten Track Music Reviews, Plaster Casters, Runfang Cheng, Sweet Charity, The Frug, The OGeeZ, The Responders

City of Dirty – Bully Blinders Breakfast Review

Posted by on January 29, 2010 · 1 Comment 

San Diego’s own Bully Blinders has released “City of Dirt,” an album that is a bit rough around the edges. It’s not very polished and has a dirty kind of texture to the soul/horn samples and vocals that produce the tracks. Their philosophy on life is something that can be shared by the every man, which is quite possibly why they are so dang likeable and easy to enjoy on stage. It can be best summed up in the first line spit within Continental Breakfast.

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Off the Beaten Track: Music Reviews and Musings by Mary Leary

Posted by on December 22, 2009 · 6 Comments 

MAMACITA: DONDE ESTA SANTA CLAUS? One afternoon, back when my ex and I had a combo, I blurted out my new idea:  “A Christmas song would be a great way to get our stuff out there!” Although we didn’t end up adding sleigh bells to any of our tracks, a similar notion has occurred to [...]

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Off the Beaten Track: Music Reviews and Musings by Mary Leary

Posted by on October 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Series Two Records, an ambitious Nebraska-based label proves that anything can happen anywhere. As the reviewer tries to get behind another “Indie” (smaller) label, a barely legal Swede saves the day.

Filed under Album Reviews · Tagged with Chuck Morgan, David Bowie, Mary Leary, off the beaten track, Series Two, Swedish indie pop, Swedish pop, Yosemite Sam

Off The Beaten Track- Music Reviews and Musings by Mary Leary

Posted by on September 4, 2009 · 2 Comments 

Hot Club of Cowtown returns from a five-year recording hiatus nearly a decade after a debut favoring old-timey/Western Swing tunes. HCOC used to busk in Balboa Park, but now Tulsa is among the places that may claim the popular combo…

Filed under Album Reviews, Reviews · Tagged with Balboa Park, Elana James, Hot Club of Cowtown, Hot Club San Diego, san diego music, Whit Smith

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