The new addition to the Tucson Music scene sometimes gets compared to the likes of Nick Cave, Morrissey, Rufus Wainwright, and Chris Isaak.
"He's My Brother, She's My Sister is an outfit with a pretty self-explanatory name. Led by brother and sister Rob and Rachel Kolar, the lineup also includes tap dancer Lauren Brown and cellist Satya Bhabha. Together, they create what they describe as a mix of folk, glam and western swing. Their live performances are full of dancing, humor, and nostalgia. Their reputation is growing as they spread their great vibes across the country." - NPR
"He’s My Brother She’s My Sister is like a time warp to the golden present, wrapping nostalgia around the here and now with throwback flair and good taste. They make debauchery and estrangement so glamorous. The songs are as catchy as a radio pop jam, but throw off the trappings of plastic pop and wrap you in fur, folk, and the last drops of moonlight." - LA Record
“He's My Brother She's My Sister... voices mingle like glamour in the desert... party music for coyotes drunk on champagne" - LA Weekly
“He's My Brother She's My Sister... mojo (has) the power to heal the afflicted” - Deli Magazine
Spiders Can Fly, formerly Stillsuit, has a great indie-expiramental set... one of the coolest local acts in town!
Soon to release their fourth studio album in late April entitled Ode to the Inverse of the Dude, The High Strung are amassing quite a following both with the critics and music fans with their cross-pollination of Elephant Six-inspired indie-pop with garage rock a touch of late '60's British invasion nostalgia.
"The High Strung have a gift for nervy, agitated melodies that get under your skin as much as they make you hum along. ...it's expressed in a joyful, uptight, cymbal-bashing sound that borrows as much from the Motor City's recent garage-rock scene as from the Beatles" - Rolling Stone
"The High Strung... makes nerdy unhappiness sound like something close to bliss." - NPR
"These four Michigan lads have crafted an energetic, gritty, garage rock record .... songs that won't leave your head." - The Big Takeover
"With a sound that's as hopped up on nervous, self-conscious energy as their name, the Brooklyn-via-Detroit band's British Invasion-flavored rock proudly takes its cues from the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Who...." - CMJ
"The High Strung's... songwriting is tight, and hooks are endless." - Harp
Electric Eel Shock are just about as Rock n Roll as any band out there... beyond that, they are difficult to pigeon-hole. You can here inspiration from many of the metal god pantheon, i.e. Sabbath, Motorhead, Iron Maiden and even early Metallica, however worshipers of punk and stoner rock will hear hints of bands like the Ramones, Stooges, Black Flag, the Dead Kennedys, Mudhoney, Melvins, Fu Manchu and Kryss. If you had to describe in a single word. Electric Eel Shock are freakin'-awesome (okay in a single hyphenated word).
"An unholy fusion of punk energy and hard rock riffage, Electric Eel Shock deliver a frontal assault on ineffectual music in the manner of their fellow countrymen Guitar Wolf and Teengenerate... Big fun, and perhaps the best Japanese import since Battle Royale." 4 stars - All Music Guide
"Electric Eel Shock are gonzoid mentalists of the highest degree... (Their latest) Beat Me sounds like Fu Manchu twatting Jet... Pop-tinged sludge-metal-garage-punk." 4/5 - Kerrang
"With a fearsome live reputation, EES have managed to transfer this raw energy into a blistering 12 track rock n rollercoaster ride... Beat Me... Wow! Crazy Japanese glam-punk-metal!" - Art Rocker
"we're apparently in the midst of a garage rock "revival," which is interesting, seeing as garage bands have been as common as cockroaches since the Stooges, the MC5 and the Ramones first roared... If any one act stands poised to drive a stake through the heart of this latest fabricated fad, it's Tokyo's Electric Eel Shock, and here's why: They do it better than anyone else." - Philadelphia Weekly
"Direct from Japan, the greatest reason to revisit RATT ever... Andrew W.K. will probably slit his wrists and spill blood all over his acid-washed jeans if he ever gets a hold of this disc, which does the 'party hard!' power-rock routine way better than the big lug ever could." - Decible
Marianne Dissard is a talented French meets Southwest singer-songwriter and Dante Rosano is one half of the Rosano Brothers Virtual Quartet. Together they form an amazing jazz-cabaret act!
"Dissard's... style is intimate Paris chanson, a low-voiced delivery, the singer addressing the microphone as if it’s your ear and she doesn’t want anyone in the room besides you to overhear whatever it is that she’s saying." - Pop Matters
"Dissard... a coming-together of European musical traditions and American sounds. L'Entredeux sounds lively and expansive, an idiosyncratic view of French and southwestern musics." 7.2/10 - Pitchfork
"Dissard(s)... work has a lovely, mournful lilt, a sort of Parisian blues. Even those of us who don't speak French cannot help but be touched by the stark beauty of her phrasing." - LA Weekly
The Black Watch are often compared to the House of Love, The Go-Betweens, My Bloody Valentine, the Cure, American Music Club, Yo La Tengo, and late-'60s pop. All Music Guide have rated 5 of 6 albums 4 or 4 1/2 stars !!!
"superb, elegant, folk-rock inspired dreamcore" - Magnet
"The Black Watch are the type of band fans of My Bloody Valentine listen to while endlessly waiting for Kevin Shields to leave Primal Scream and do his own thing... Fredrick sings in a vein that might remind some of Ian Curtis, Joy Division's late lead singer. " - Pop Matters
"... the black watch seem to thrive on challenges and misfortunes. Like the Cure, they create deceptively upbeat pop tunes that often mask dark emotions." - Los Angeles Times
"Ex-English professor John Andrew Fredrick (that's right - the lead singer is a PhD) may be American by way of LA, but he carries over both the literacy and the pure bardio fervor of an Englishman. So the Black Watch sounds more like a Cure/New Order/Go-Betweens mutation than a latterday R.E.M." - Alternative Press
"The Black Watch is among L.A.'s most intriguing club acts." - Billboard
