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12.28.98:
Glass Attic
Guitar-driven power pop heavily influenced by British bands, from the Beatles
to current acts such as Oasis (the most obvious), Radiohead and The Verve.
12.21.98:
String Builder
Lilting folk/country, with the guitars and vocal harmonies augmented by bass, percussion, steel guitar and harmonica.
12.14.98:
The L.U.V.'s
"Glamorous New Wave punk," said singer Velour back when the band won the WBRU Rock Hunt last March.
12.7.98:
JP Jones
Jones's career has included both rock and classically influenced instrumental music, but his current album,
Angels on the Road
, is folk/rock whose most obvious influence is Bob Dylan.
11.30.1998:
Ted Only Knows
Ted Only Knows is a piano-led pop trio, so the most obvious comparison is Ben Folds Five, although songwriter Ricci said he's also been listening to other pop ironists, such as Cake, Barenaked Ladies and They Might Be Giants.
11.23.1998:
Dead Flowers
Band members grew up on The Who, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and U2; later on they listened to Nirvana and Foo Fighters, although their work has less guitar noise than the latter two.
11.16.1998:
Just Say Yes
Generally, the band sticks to the classic elements -- big guitars, walloping rhythms, upfront singing.
11.9.1998:
Hosehead
Rock played as it was meant to be -- loud and fast -- with influences that include metal icons such as KISS and AC/DC and punk bands such as The Vandals and Sloppy Seconds.
11.2.1998:
Pines of Rome
Downbeat, moody stuff, with guitars that surge forward and then recede, and distant, evocative vocals.
10.26.1998:
Mouth Breather
A dense collage of bells, whistles, harmonica, sampled voices, guitar buzz, what sounds like train whistles, beeps, bleeps, turntable scratching and Lord knows what else.
10.19.1998:
Ricky Valente
Valente's heroes are Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, and the music is melodic guitar rock with a blues underpinning.
10.12.1998:
Jonathan Stark
Incisive, clever songs that are personal without being maudlin.
10.05.1998:
Brethren
Contemporary Christian music.
9.28.1998:
The Becky Chace Band
A mix of blues and acoustic folk/pop, with touches of rock and country.
9.21.1998:
Vegas Lords
A
custom hot-rod hybrid" of rockabilly, boogie, swing and punk-influenced rock.
9.14.1998:
Styles Amazin'
A mix of rap, reggae, R&B and Yoruba rhythms from Nigeria.
9.7.1998:
The Eyesores
A country/folk/rock/polka mix.
8.31.1998:
MoG
A mix of hard rock, funk and acoustic interludes.
8.24.1998:
The Poor Kids
A mix of wild rockabilly rave-ups, mid-tempo country weepers, twangy instros [instrumentals] and flat-out rockers.
8.17.1998:
Joe Auger
Auger's disc,
The Long Term
, finds him playing all the instruments in a songwriter's showcase that runs through a variety of styles: folk, rock, touches of country and bluegrass.
8.10.1998:
Overflower
Ethereal, hypnotic guitar rock, with lots of layered effects from the guitars.
8.3.1998:
Stone Soup
The band uses mostly acoustic guitars, but instead of a conventional drum kit there are congas and African drums, which lends a certain world music flavor.
7.27.1998:
MoonRage
On the aggressive end of the rock spectrum, thanks to big guitars and Battistella's passionate vocals.
7.20.1998:
Sober K
Punchy guitar rock with some edge to it, using elements of metal, funk and pop.
7.13.1998:
Blueblood
Modern electric blues.
7.6.1998:
rebuilthangartheory
Jangly, bright pop, with a bit of an edge.
6.29.1998:
The Gamma Rays
Hard-drivin' rockabilly, with a lot of different influences: western swing, country, early R&B,
6.22.1998:
Michael Khouri
Khouri is a singer/songwriter whose acoustic guitar is augmented by additional instruments -- harmonica, violin, electric guitar -- at strategic points on his disc,
Two Places at Once.
6.15.1998:
Country Junction
The name pretty much gives this one away -- it's a country band, although they do oldies and classic rock as well.
6.8.1998:
Double Helix
New Age, classical, folk, pop, a touch of jazz
6.1.1998:
Pitchfork 7
Heavy, heavy, heavy. Pummeling drums and raging guitar riffs, while Drywa howls, screams, screeches and hurls his body around the stage.
5.25.1998:
Deana Marie & The Kentucky Winds
Contemporary country music.
5.18.1998:
The John Street Porch Band
The band refers to it as "the happy medium between pop and punk rock;" they've been compared to The Breeders, Veruca Salt and Mary's Danish.
5.11.1998:
Robert Lee Teague and New York System
Their music is based in the blues, with elements of jazz, country and soul.
5.4.1998:
Jim Hagerty
Hagerty calls it "folk rock, with a primary foundation of acoustic guitar. Sometimes it's pretty bare, with just guitar. Other times there's some electric guitar and bass."
4.27.1998:
Tripod Cats
Chief songwriter Memery is an admirer of Paul Westerberg and Bruce Springsteen, and some of those personal, hard-luck storytelling qualities come through in his songs.
4.20.1998:
Wet Paint
Christian pop/rock.
4.13.1998:
Mercy Velvet
The band calls it "parlor music . . . pop experimental . . . provocative and moody . . . post-adolescent, middle-aged lyrics splashed with hope."
4.6.1998:
Nonions
Ska, mixed with a variety of other influences.
3.30.1998:
Haystak Kalhoon
"Adventurous, high-energy art-rock, although not in the old sense of Yes or Genesis," said drummer Seidel. "And there's still some punk in there; we're definitely punk influenced."
3.23.1998:
Eviltwins
Heavy rock -- aggressive, but subtle at the same time
3.16.1998:
McFly
Sprawling songs that combine elements of funk, big-guitar rock and quieter, acoustic passages.
3.9.1998:
Timothy O'Keefe
O'Keefe calls himself "an electronic musician/sound artist," using sythesizers, samplers and drum machines to create a variety of pieces that range from spacey trance music to big-beat dance material.
3.2.1998:
Jenifer Smith
You could call it "ambient pop," with chant-like vocals as the most prominent element, repeated until they attain a hypnotic quality.
2.23.1998:
Michael Ward
Ward is a singer/songwriter with a pleasing, confident singing style, whose work falls mostly into a folk/pop category, with elements of country and blues.
2.16.1998:
Brian Curti
His publicity (and the inner sleeve of his disc, Piano and Beyond), uses the oft-maligned phrase New Age. "I guess you could call it that, New Age or neo-classical," he said. "It (New Age) is a term they fit me into. But it's not supposed to be just background music -- there are some very catchy tunes."
2.09.1998:
Mocking Birds
Alternative pop, with a political element.
2.02.1998:
Difference Engine
Atmospheric guitar rock.
1.26.1998:
Brooklyn Steamer
Hard-charging punk-influenced rock, with twangy touches of surf and rockabilly.
1.19.1998:
Rebecca Hart Project
Singer/songwriter with a strong mystical bent meets eclectic jam band.
1.12.1998:
Swamp Grass
Mostly bluegrass, with an occasional foray into Cajun and zydeco music.
1.5.1998:
Illustrious Day
Modern pop/rock, with the edge supplied by Fiske's emotional vocals and dark lyrics.
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