Tag Archives: pop-rock

SPARKLE*JETS U.K. – Box Of Letters

January 5, 2025

Big Stir 2024 When time collapses, acclaimed Los Angelenos take stock and make their flock rock – and roll with the punches. This band didn’t really plan to suspend their trip back in 2002, only a few years after it … Continue reading →

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ROGERS & BUTLER – Studio 3

November 22, 2024

Think Like A Key 2024 Down the hallowed halls: Anglo-American duo haunt Abbey Road to channel their fabulousness. Number “3” holds a lot of magic for a lot of people, so when Stephen Butler and Edward Rogers decided to record … Continue reading →

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THE JACK RUBIES – Clocks Are Out Of Time

November 9, 2024

Big Stir 2024 Back from decades-long limbo to take jingle-jangle rock to the verge of scandal, British noiseniks reassert their defiant stance. Emerging from the Thatcherism gloom in the mid-’80s, these guys were latecomers on the English post-punk scene everyone … Continue reading →

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THE INCURABLES – Inside Out & Backwards

November 1, 2024

Big Stir 2024 Detroit Rock City denizens drive yellow buses from garage to memorable suburb bases they inhabited for decades on end. It’s not serrated riffs and cocky attitude that scream “Punk!” and smear graffiti-esque sonics all over this arresting … Continue reading →

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THE ARMOIRES – Octoberland

October 16, 2024

Big Stir 2024 Surfacing from the subconscious, Burbank ensemble bring their sunny perspective to the spookiness of archetype and allegory. In the decade of their existence, this collective rarely ventured beyond the here-and-now relevance in terms of melodies and lyrics … Continue reading →

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