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BROTHERHOOD OF LIZARDS When Not Lame was getting going in early 1995 and it became clear to me that there was a wealth of amazing power pop-oriented self-releases out there that had no proper distribution outlet, a CD by a band called BROTHERHOOD OF LIZARDS arrived in the mail.  Upon looking at the credits, I […]

MID-OCTOBER REVIEWS by Mike Baron ULYSSES: “Everybody’s Strange” (Kool Kat) This Bath-based quartet channels elements of The Yardbirds, Blind Faith, Canned Heat and even a little Z.Z. Topp while charting their own way through a blues/boogie wonderland, beginning with the Yardbirds/Canned Heat like “Eye On You.” “Everybody’s Strange” introduces English pub-rock eccentricity in Luke Smyth’s […]