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Marshall Crenshaw

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Incoming: One Direction, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Big Freedia and the Divas

    ​If you're down to get your pop rock kicks in an estrogen ocean of little girls, the upcoming One Direction concert at Comerica Theatre is the place to be. I could have sworn the boy band era was over, especially once Heart2Heart really put that formerly winning success formula to its death, but a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Mike Viola on Get Him to the Greek, Breaking Bad, and Living with Kim Fowley at 13

    ​Mike Viola is one of those guys you've heard a hundred times and not realized it. He's the vocalist singing "That Thing You Do" (from the 1996 film of the same name); his '90s band The Candy Butchers scored serious buzz along side his friends Fountains of Wayne; he's written songs for Get Him to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and Seven More Music Flicks That Don't Suck

    A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Army Navy, Locksley and The Postelles Vie for Best Power Pop Release of Summer 2011

    Big Hassle MediaThe timeless power pop of Los Angeles' Army Navy makes for a great summertime soundtrack.​Like your favorite comfort food, power pop music is familiar, tasty and satisfying... and, sometimes, it's the only thing you want. If you consider The Raspberries' 1972 self-titled debut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Incoming: Coheed and Cambria, Flosstradamus, Of Montreal, Rick Ross, Toad The Wet Sprocket

    Toad The Wet Sprocket - bastion of the 1990s​Clubs editor Benjamin Leatherman describes this week's just announced shows thusly: "huge fucking week."Things are so fucking huge that Martin Cizmar went ahead and already announced the Janet Jackson show slated for this April -- yet there are still pl ... More >>

  • Music

    October 15, 2009

    The Academy Is… Power Pop’s Leading Light

    Toad The Wet Sprocket - bastion of the 1990s​Clubs editor Benjamin Leatherman describes this week's just announced shows thusly: "huge fucking week."Things are so fucking huge that Martin Cizmar went ahead and already announced the Janet Jackson show slated for this April -- yet there are still pl ... More >>

  • Music

    August 14, 2008

    Sugar High

    Let the Sunshine Out
    (Thousandaire Records)

  • Film

    December 20, 2007

    Hock the Line

    Cheap laughs, lame cameos, and lifeless Cox

  • Music

    June 24, 2004

    DKT/MC5

    The absence of two key members doesn't stop the Detroit legends from touring

  • Music

    August 28, 2003

    Cheap Trick Special One (Big3)

    Marshall Crenshaw What's in the Bag? (Razor & Tie)

  • Music

    March 28, 2002

    Up and Rumbling

    After five years of fits and starts, Gin Blossoms songwriter/guitarist Jesse Valenzuela finally launches a solo career

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Crenshaw Chronicles

    A look at the work of pop's bespectacled bard

  • Music

    March 22, 2001

    Marshall Law

    Power-pop icon Marshall Crenshaw refuses to be pigeonholed as a nerdy relic of the early '80s

  • Music

    May 18, 2000

    Tara Hitchcock Presents

    Zen Lunatics act like the pretenders

  • Music

    March 16, 2000

    Triumph of the Underdogs

    For 25 years, Bug Music has protected the rights of songwriters. In the process, they've gotten Willie Dixon's songs back from Led Zeppelin and transformed Iggy Pop into a TV-commercial composer.

  • Music

    September 16, 1999

    Hey Anthology

    The Gin Blossoms bloom again with a greatest-hits collection, a reunion show and talk of a new album

  • Music

    March 4, 1999

    Recordings

    The Gin Blossoms bloom again with a greatest-hits collection, a reunion show and talk of a new album

  • Music

    November 19, 1998

    Recordings

    The Gin Blossoms bloom again with a greatest-hits collection, a reunion show and talk of a new album

  • Music

    August 13, 1998

    Recordings

    The Gin Blossoms bloom again with a greatest-hits collection, a reunion show and talk of a new album

  • Music

    October 16, 1997

    Recordings

    The Gin Blossoms bloom again with a greatest-hits collection, a reunion show and talk of a new album

  • Music

    May 1, 1997

    Wayne's World

    From the Fountains of Wayne springs pop eternal

  • Music

    November 14, 1996

    The Crenshaw Redemption

    Marshall Crenshaw goes back to the drawing board and comes up with a shiny new Miracle of Science

  • Calendar

    November 14, 1996

    Pic Hits for the week

    Marshall Crenshaw goes back to the drawing board and comes up with a shiny new Miracle of Science

  • Music

    March 21, 1996

    Slow Gin Fizz

    Marshall Crenshaw goes back to the drawing board and comes up with a shiny new Miracle of Science

  • Music

    February 8, 1996

    The Earth Reinherits Joe Meek

    A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

  • Calendar

    October 12, 1995

    Pic Hits for the week

    A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

  • Music

    May 11, 1995

    THE WONG AND WINDING ROADDEAD HOT WORKSHOP MAKES THE JUMP FROM A TEMPE BAR TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

    A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

  • Music

    December 15, 1994

    LIVE SHOTS

    A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

  • Music

    October 13, 1994

    MARSHALLED FORCES

    A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

  • Music

    September 29, 1994

    RECORDINGS

    A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

  • Music

    August 11, 1994

    THE CD EQUATION REVEALED THEY RECORD'EM, WE REVIEW'EM

    A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

  • Music

    September 30, 1992

    BAND ON THE RUN

    WHAT'S IN A NAME? PLENTY, WHEN IT'S THE GIN BLOSSOMS.

  • Music

    July 22, 1992

    LONESOME LOVEALTHOUGH HIS FAMOUS FATHER OPENED THE DOOR, JAMES MCMURTRY USED HIS TALENT AS THE KEY

    WHAT'S IN A NAME? PLENTY, WHEN IT'S THE GIN BLOSSOMS.

  • Music

    June 24, 1992

    NERDS RULE

    PICK YOUR NOSE, TAPE UP YOUR GLASSES, GRAB YOUR PLASTIC POCKET PROTECTOR. NERD ROCK IS ALIVE AND WELL.

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