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...Aquaman,” by former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty and Danny Hellman, looks at the titular hero in a tone that dominates many of the book’s stories: the hero as the common, lonely man. Aquaman takes the train to an open mic night at a super-bar called the Sorceress of Follitude. He treats a skeptical audience to a love-ballad called “Mera,” trumped by the arrival of the charismatic bad-boy hero of the bar, Robin. Withering in dejection, Aquaman is picked up by a groupie who invites...
Sometime-Harvard student Rivers Cuomo has got nothing on Doris Hiatt. A 34-year-old multimillionaire, the Weezer frontman stood out even in guts like History 10a. But at least his hair is still brown...
...band The High Ceilings, comes to fans this month as a pleasantly mellow surprise. The release is a welcome departure from the old-yet-successful Heinegg rock style, as the artist seeks to transform himself into a singer-songwriter with this emotion-rich set of tunes. But the soulful frontman doesn’t entirely leave his rock roots behind, as most of these songs are thickly coated in layers of electric guitars and instrumental ornamentation...
...disc is a blend of American roots music, with all the weight that it suggests: it channels jazz, country and blues with a spare post-electric (but pre-rock and roll) feel. The disc features omnipresent Silvertone-esque guitars channeled through what sounds like fuzzy vintage Fender Frontman amps. With a couple of exceptions, the songs are written by Golightly herself but sound like they could have come from the likes of Patsy Cline, Hank Williams or Loretta Lynn...
...would be difficult to think of a better musical embodiment of vanity than Steven Morrissey, better known simply by his surname, “the Moz” or “Mozzer.” The flamboyant former Smiths frontman has made a career out of image: be it the hearing aid, the pocket-flung gladiolas or the potent-looking tommy gun he holds on the cover of his latest album, You Are The Quarry and its recently-released deluxe edition...