Can You See the Sunset? » sidekicks http://www.canyouseethesunset.com Music & More Since 2005 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:02:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sounds You Should Hear: American War – Rhetoric http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/sounds-you-should-hear-american-war-rhetoric/ http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/sounds-you-should-hear-american-war-rhetoric/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:53:38 +0000 Eric http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/?p=3839 (Read more...)]]>
Who: American War
Sounds: Rhetoric
Where: Kent, Ohio
How: Self-Released
What: Amazing Ohio folk-punk from Matt who also plays in The Sidekicks who are fucking amazing too. Download the entire Rhetoric album for free here.
RIYL: Defiance,Ohio, The Sidekicks, etc…
MP3: American War - Rhetoric

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]]> http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/sounds-you-should-hear-american-war-rhetoric/feed/ 2 The Sidekicks – Weight Of Air http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/the-sidekicks-weight-of-air/ http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/article/the-sidekicks-weight-of-air/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:07:21 +0000 Eric http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/?p=2710 (Read more...)]]> The Sidekicks - Weight Of AirAgain I need to ask the question, why is no one giving The Sidekicks any love? Their new album Weight Of Air is simply brilliant and a huge step forward for the band. Over the course of just one full length and a 7″ the band’s sound has changed significantly enough that it might be hard to recognize them as the same group that released So Long, Soggy Dog back in 2007. The quartet (from suburban Cleveland) has ditched most of the rough edges and standard-issue pop punk affectations of their early material and ratcheted up the rootsy folk underpinnings. Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed their Sam 7″ and So Long, Soggy Dog, but Weight Of Air blows those records out of the water. Instead of reminding me of (say) The Loved Ones, The Riot Before, or The Gaslight Anthem, The Sidekicks now sound more like Uncle Tupelo and/or (more specifically) like a punked up version of Okkervil River.

From the initial off-key acapella harmonies of the opening song you know something is different. The guitars are more jangly than crunchy, the pacing is more rock than punk though there is a fair amount of peppy punky foot-tapping rhythms. The songs are simple and straightforward with little in the way of extra ornamentation but the songs are so heartfelt and so catchy that anything more would have been overkill. Weight Of Air has that earnest Midwestern/heartland rock sensibility and it just sounds right. Without question, this is one of the best albums of 2009. Just listen and I’m sure you’ll agree. Weight Of Air is out now Red Scare.

MP3:
The Sidekicks - A Healthy Time
The Sidekicks - Almost The Same

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Last year The Sidekicks (from suburban Cleveland) released a killer four song 7” called Sam as a folllow up to their full-length So Long, Soggy Dog and it’s fuckin’ great. It’s that gritty and melodic pop-punk I love that pulls in just enough folk and rootsy flavor to make me compare this to The Gaslight Anthem, The Riot Before, and Get Bent. I mean, there are really zero valid reasons that you shouldn’t love this. Oh yeah, (like the full length) this 7″ is seemingly dedicated to a dog in doggie heaven and I can appreciate that. Remember kids, movies about dogs almost always end sadly.

MP3 | The Sidekicks – Hop On A Sea Cow & Manatee Up Sam 7”
MP3 | The Sidekicks – I Burned The Crops Sam 7”

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