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THE CONNELLS Asking a true music lover to choose a favorite artist is not really different from asking a parent to choose a favorite child. But when I think back to what turned me into a true music lover to begin with, The Connells readily come to mind. I was too young to really experience music's greatest era--when independent artists slowly began to come out of the woodwork, all over the country, and people actually listened! My older brother was one of those people who were listening. When I was only 9, I would hear the sounds of bands like The Replacements, the Hoodoo Gurus, The Ocean Blue, the Charlatans UK, and of course The Connells coming from his room. That music, which was a soundtrack to many an adolescent at the time, was becoming the soundtrack to my childhood, and eventually my life. At 11, I was wearing thin my brother's cassettes of Fun & Games and One Simple Word. Each Connells album has a personality. When I'm sad and introspective, Ring is in the disc changer. When I feel happy and pumped up, I throw in One Simple Word. When I need some time to unwind and think, it's Boylan Heights. Every band member writes songs; three band members lead sing. Over the course of their 17-year careers, this Raleigh, NC band has only gotten better despite the music industry's general ignorance of such great talent. Their jangling guitars and perfectly-crafted pop songs, along with that ever-so-slight Southern touch, are what many critics have lauded and fans have adored. After 13 years, the band is no longer with the TVT label, but on 11/6/01 they released an excellent independent album, Old School Dropouts. A LEFT OFF THE DIAL review of Old School Dropouts is found below.
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You can purchase music by The Connells from Amazon & CDUniverse LINKS: The Connells' Official Website Boylan Heights: The Connells Unofficial Homepage Unofficial Connells page out of the Netherlands REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS: LEFT OFF THE DIAL review of Old School Dropouts LEFT OFF THE DIAL review of The Connells at Town Point Park in Norfolk, VA - 6/9/02 LEFT OFF THE DIAL interview with The Connells - 7/9/02 Article on The Connells in Southern Living 3/02 The War Against Silence: Review of Weird Food & Devastation The Review Page of Boylan Heights: The Connells Unofficial Homepage Live Reviews - Richard Buckner & The Connells October 23, 1999; Mayo Island; Richmond, VA - w/ Cracker On That Note Review - 2/1/97 at Satellite Lounge with Tonic Reviews of the Still Life album: The War Against Silence Review UNC Archives Review of Still Life Pif Magazine Review of Still Life (scroll down to find Connells review) Lazyeye Review Archive (scroll down again) TOUR DATES: Click here for current tour dates Please contact LOTD if you have reviews, links, tour-dates or comments to add to the Connells page. About LOTD Contact/Staff Advertise Home All content © LEFT OFF THE DIAL 2001-2005. All rights reserved. |
