Red Tandy
Released: Nov 1, 2005
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Released: Nov 1, 2005
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After a four-year hiatus, Mother Hips return with the Red Tandy EP, and it seems they're still at the top of their game. Co-leaders Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono not only have great vocal harmonies,...
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Shootout
Released: Oct 15, 1996
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Released: Oct 15, 1996
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Shootout begins with the spirited riff of "Can't Sleep At All," one of Mother Hips' best songs. By the time the last (hidden) track pounds to a close, a lot of fine music has gone by, but in the...
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Part Time Goes Full
Released: Aug 22, 1995
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Released: Aug 22, 1995
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The second album from the Mother Hips, Part-Timer Goes Full and was the first for American Recordings and was released in 1994. The disc continues the guitar-driven roots rock of their debut Back...
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The Green Hills of Earth
Released: 2001
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Released: 2001
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Bay Area band Mother Hips come over less hippie/more power popster on Green Hills of Earth. "Life in the City" has the motor drive of early-'80s U.K. new wave; "Take Us Out" has a much lazier, '70s...
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Later Days
Released: 1997
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Released: 1997
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For a band with so much potential Mother Hips' fourth album is disappointing. The production is much crisper than Shootout, the songs are livelier, and the lyrics more discernible. There aren't as...
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