Introducing The F Word. This will be an online column for me to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. We’ll have reviews and previews, we’ll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and we’ll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Let’s get started. The Struts are more than they appear to be. […]
The Struts
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The Struts do glam rock tougher
It was during the deep freeze of last December’s winter when roughly 500 of the frozen and the faithful piled into the Main Street Armory’s downstairs venue. The crowd was alive with the bizz-buzz about The Struts — Derbyshire, England’s gift to rock ‘n’ roll. The band was straight-up sing-along glam rock. It delivered with […]
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I Scene It: The Struts at Main Street Armory
I love rock ‘n’ roll, but I’m tired of having to look in the rear view mirror to get it, so I sift through the myriad bands that pitch it retro and throwback — bands that sort of lose the point as they wallow in cliché. Few bands the world over get it right, so […]
