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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Official Site / / Danny Delegato



Willamette Weekly Press

[JANGLE GARAGE] “I love the Hugs...They’re kind of like the Libertines but are taking it all from their own direction,” claimed Libertine Carl BarĂ¢t in a 2007 NME interview. Elements of the garage revival play big parts in both bands’ sounds. But if the Hugs and the Libertines are in the same garage, the Libertines are rebuilding a transmission while the Hugs practice their harmonies in a corner, glass jars of screws keeping time. And oh, what harmonies. The vocals, especially on 2012’s Dirty Gems EP, sound a lot closer to the psych-folk aural rainbows of the Byrds than any garage rockers we know. The reversed guitars only distance them from any garage comparisons. The Hugs became a Portland staple when they were signed to Columbia while students at Cleveland High School, and if anything they’re more legendary now that they’re independent."

 - Mitch Lillie

  http://www.wweek.com/portland/event-134860-the_hugs_mojave_bird_hypnogogue.html

Going Up


Friday, January 25, 2013

The Hugs Play Valentines This Sunday


Dr. Know or Dr. Slow?

Dr. Know? More like 'Dr. Slow-in-the-brain': http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19576-dr_know_fluoridation_situation.html … We can bring a big cup of flouride for you "Dr. Know" and see you chug!!

Wonderful Magic

Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Walkmen - London Calling (Amsterdam)

Common Sense - Thomas Paine (1776)

"This is the little book which provided the rationale for the American colonists to struggle for independence from English rule. Relative to the size of the population at the time, it is the US best seller of all time; it sold half a million copies in the first year, going through twenty-five editions. Paine wrote Common Sense like a sermon, using Biblical references to make his point, despite his Deist views. However, this style appealed to a broad audience, not just intellectuals. Paine even put his money on the line: he donated all royalties from Common Sense, which were substantial, to the Continental Army of George Washington.--J.B. Hare " http://www.sacred-texts.com/aor/paine/cs/index.htm

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