Sean Na Na, 'Family Trees -- or -- CoPe We Must'
Tired of Har Mar Superstar? Well, actually, so is he.
By Lindsey Thomas 08.14.07 3:00 AM
People only familiar with Sean Tillmann's role as sleazy, R&B singer Har Mar Superstar are in for a surprise. On an album more Ted Leo than R.
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The Mary Timony Band, 'The Shapes We Make' (Kill Rock Stars)
Role model for indie ladies looks for illumination herself.
By Lindsey Thomas 07.11.07 3:00 AM
For the past 15 years, Mary Timony has been an inspiration to teenage girls, and she's still committed to the cause. The pro-choice "Pause/Off" ("Paws off, Supreme Court misters / Don't mess around with me and my sisters") brings to mind the height of '90s fem rock.
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Brakesbrakesbrakes, 'The Beatific Visions' (Rough Trade/ World's Fair)
Still feisty Brits temper their outbursts with -- love?
By Lindsey Thomas 06.20.07 3:00 AM
Having tripled their name to avoid confusion with the Philadelphia-based Brakes, this English band open their second album with a baptism-as-fight scene ("Hold Me in the River"). The pub stompers are as rowdy as ever, but they're balanced here by laid-back ruminations on romance.
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