http://weirdcanada.com/2009/10/grownups/ we are northernly Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:10:15 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://weirdcanada.com/2009/10/grownups/comment-page-1/#comment-955 weird canada » Review :: Grown-Ups – I Can’t Win Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:47:41 +0000 http://weirdcanada.com/?p=853#comment-955 [...] From the post-pubescent sludge of Jesse Locke: From The Cramps (radical) to Mates of State (barf) to the Plastic Ono Band (radical barfing), musical married couples are nothing new. However, what sets thee Grown-Ups’ Sarah and Josiah Hughes apart is that they’re cuter than a pair of bulldogs on snowboards that know how to turn up the rock and turn down the suck. Joined by third member/producer Darrell on “dad guitar” (nice Conchords reference, guys), they’ve now teamed with the almighty Bart for tape release number two. Eight songs of angry punk sludge that sound just as pitted as their debut but now with more Crazy Horse guitar solos (see: opener “Meat”) and Art Brut-esque motivational meta-songs (see: “Start A Band!”). This is the soundtrack for the skateboarding video game you invented in your brain. The musical equivalent of a cherry-coke slurpee with a stolen chocolate bar tucked in the cup. The creepy-lovable cover photo rules too, but I really just wish it was a drawing of Odie crossed with Jughead. [...] [...] From the post-pubescent sludge of Jesse Locke: From The Cramps (radical) to Mates of State (barf) to the Plastic Ono Band (radical barfing), musical married couples are nothing new. However, what sets thee Grown-Ups’ Sarah and Josiah Hughes apart is that they’re cuter than a pair of bulldogs on snowboards that know how to turn up the rock and turn down the suck. Joined by third member/producer Darrell on “dad guitar” (nice Conchords reference, guys), they’ve now teamed with the almighty Bart for tape release number two. Eight songs of angry punk sludge that sound just as pitted as their debut but now with more Crazy Horse guitar solos (see: opener “Meat”) and Art Brut-esque motivational meta-songs (see: “Start A Band!”). This is the soundtrack for the skateboarding video game you invented in your brain. The musical equivalent of a cherry-coke slurpee with a stolen chocolate bar tucked in the cup. The creepy-lovable cover photo rules too, but I really just wish it was a drawing of Odie crossed with Jughead. [...]

]]> http://weirdcanada.com/2009/10/grownups/comment-page-1/#comment-304 chris Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:05 +0000 http://weirdcanada.com/?p=853#comment-304 that last comment was supposed to include a great link. It didn't work. that last comment was supposed to include a great link. It didn’t work.

]]> http://weirdcanada.com/2009/10/grownups/comment-page-1/#comment-303 chris Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:58:55 +0000 http://weirdcanada.com/?p=853#comment-303 The nineties were a decade. The nineties were a decade.

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