Concert Review: Echo and the Bunnymen at Stubb’s, Austin

Concert Review: Echo and the Bunnymen at Stubb’s, Austin: post-punk icons deliver the goods under the killing moon. [rating=5] It was an unseasonably humid October night last Thursday at Austin’s Stubb’s Waller Creek amphitheater. But the arrival of British post-punk/New Wave/neo-psychedelic legends Echo and The Bunnymen brought a refreshing European chill to the proceedings. After a (very loud) opening set […]

Albums Revisited: Echo and The Bunnymen’s Reverberation at 25

Albums revisited: Echo and the Bunnymen’s Reverberations at 25-A tremor in the wires By: Peter Marks After scaling the dizzying heights of fame what’s a band to do? In the case of Echo and the Bunnymen that answer was to split up. At least that’s what their frontman intended to have happen, everyone else had […]

Echo and the Bunnymen ‘Meteorites’ Review

Echo and the Bunnymen ‘Meteorites’ Review; Youth produced ‘Meteorites’ is a solid, if unremarkable, group of songs. [rating=4] Echo and the Bunnymen vocalist Ian McCullough remains one of the most immodest frontmen in rock, so when he declares that their new album ‘Meteorites’ is “more edgy than anything I’ve ever done”, you’re allowed an eye roll or […]

The Top 40 Most Underrated Singers in Rock Part 1

  The Top 40 Most Underrated Singers in Rock Part 1 Awhile back I did the Top 15 Lyricists in Alternative Rock. I decided its time to tackle another list, and this time to focus on vocalists. For my money, a great rock vocalist should do any or all of the following; make you feel […]